“Men hate each other because they fear each other,” King had said on September 2, 1957. “They fear each other because they don’t know each other. They don’t know each other because they can’t communicate with each other. They can’t communicate with each other because they are separated from each other.” Rosa Parks and Aubrey Williams, Lyndon Johnson’s New Deal boss at the National Youth Administration, were among those present for King’s speech on the meaning of segregation.