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People come up to me in airports, they walk into the office, and they say, 'I'm going to cry; I'm going to pass out.' And I say, 'Please don't pass out; I'm not a doctor.'

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We need someone who is going to stand up, speak up, and speak out for the people who need help, for the people who have been discriminated against.

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I grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

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When I was 15 years old in 1955, I heard of Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on our radio.

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The action of Rosa Parks, the words and leadership of Dr. King inspired me. I was deeply inspired. I wanted to do something.

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In 1965, the attempted march from Selma to Montgomery on March 7 was planned to dramatize to the state of Alabama and to the nation that people of color wanted to register to vote.

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A few days after Bloody Sunday, there was demonstration in more than 80 American cities. People were demanding that the government act.

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I studied the philosophy and the discipline of non-violence in Nashville as a student. And I staged a sitting-in in the fall of 1959 and got arrested the first time in February 1960.

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I was honored to have an opportunity to speak on August 28th, 1963.

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I think Dr. King would be pleased to see the number of elected officials of color - African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and progressive whites.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: February 21st, 1940

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