I was born in Decatur, was raised there, but I never in my life was permitted to vote there. - Medgar Evers

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Our only hope is to control the vote. - Medgar Evers

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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

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I may be going to Heaven or Hell, but I'll be going from Jackson. - Medgar Evers

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From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere ― Dr. Seuss

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You discover that the education the Negro gets is designed to keep him subservient. The poor black man is exploited by whites and by educated Negroes, too. - Medgar Evers

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The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country is his home. He wants to do his part to help make his city, state, and nation a better place for everyone, regardless of color and race. - Medgar Evers

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come without leaving happier. — Mother Teresa

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If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it. - Medgar Evers

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