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Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.

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You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?
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I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we’ve come and the progress we’ve made.
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Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up.
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I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
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By the force of our demands, our determination, and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in the image of God and democracy
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Sensible people have got to work together.
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I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.
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You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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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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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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