They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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