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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?

John Lewis

Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
JOHN LEWIS

Fury Pretty Quick
People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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Arrest Attempt Murder People Register Undersstand Vote
We must be headlights and not taillights.
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Light One Liner Positive
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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Justice People Truth Uncomfortable
I say from time to time that the vote is precious.
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Precious Time Vote
The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the society.
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Racism Scars Society Stain
Every single vote is precious.
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One Liner Precious Vote
We are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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Community Country Family Unity
Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
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Democracy Instrument Non Violence Powerful Society Tool Vote
Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
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Lifetime Struggle
We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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Choose Inspirational Time
Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.
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Fall In Love Freedom Individual Love Person Race
Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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Faith Justice Racism
There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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Civil Contribution Deal Movement Rights Story Women Women Empowerment
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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Determination Generation Inspirational Leaving Legacy People
We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!
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Freedom Racism Want

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