#Quote

The six of us gathered at my house, and we walked to the polls. I'll never forget it. Not a Negro was on the streets, and when we got to the courthouse, the clerk said he wanted to talk with us. When we got into his office, some 15 or 20 armed white men surged in behind us - men I had grown up with, had played with. - Medgar Evers

Facebook
Twitter
More Quotes
I’m not in it for fame. I’ve been famous in the streets already. – Nipsey Hussle
You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea. - Medgar Evers
When we played, we were all the same. We were all one. ― Yamile Saied Méndez
As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.
Freedom has never been free. - Medgar Evers
I played golf with my friends, and then I started to play with the hustlers. And I learned a lot. I learned about golf; I learned about gambling. I learned about everything.- Donald Trump
Peter Baltes was the best bassist I ever played with. - Don Dokken
I plan to live on campus in a dormitory and to do all the things any other student of the law school might do: use the library, eat in the dining hall, attend classes. - Medgar Evers
I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball player. - Reggie Jackson
First it was the whites, and then their Negro message bearers. And the word was always the same: 'Tell your sons to take their names off the books. Don't show up at the courthouse voting day.' - Medgar Evers