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You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea.

~Medgar Evers

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

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Freedom has never been free.

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The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi.

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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.

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

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I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them.

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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.

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

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As long as God gives me strength to work and try to make things real for my children, I'm going to work for it - even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: July 2nd, 1925

Died: June 12th, 1963

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