Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
JOHN LEWISIt is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.
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It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.
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We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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You have to go with your gut sometimes, and how you feel.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it’s just wrong.
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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against.
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You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.
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If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.
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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
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