I believe that the Negro question is coming definitely to the fore in America, not only because of the war, but in anticipation of the place the Negro will occupy after the peace. I think it is magnificent that we are in on the ground floor, helping Negroes to control their birth rate, to reduce their high infant and maternal death rate, to maintain better standards of health and living for those already born, and to create better opportunities for those who will be born. In other words, we're giving Negroes an opportunity to help themselves, and to rise to their own heights through education and the principles of a democracy.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I believe that the Negro question is coming definitely to the fore in America, not only because of the war, but in anticipation of the place the Negro will occupy after the peace. I think it is magnificent that we are in on the ground floor, helping Negroes to control their birth rate, to reduce their high infant and maternal death rate, to maintain better standards of health and living for those already born, and to create better opportunities for those who will be born. In other words, we're giving Negroes an opportunity to help themselves, and to rise to their own heights through education and the principles of a democracy." in the context of "Manuscript letter to Albert Lasker, July 9, 1942. Catalog MSM S21:404. Quoted in Katz (2001), "Birth Control or Race Control? Sanger and the Negro Project", Margaret Sanger Papers Project Newsletter no: 28, at: January 23, 2025, publisher: NYU Margaret Sanger Papers Project" to mean that wisdom is timeless.