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> [Usually we look at it like, "Oh, black people couldn't vote in Mississippi because they had to take a literacy test." But one of the things you learn in the film is that there were major consequences for even trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/usually-we-look-at-it-like-oh-black-people-couldn-t-vote-in/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

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## More by Stanley Nelson Jr

> [As the voices beneath the music are talking, you find that the music is just as important as what they're saying. The traditional thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/as-the-voices-beneath-the-music-are-talking-you-find-that-the-music/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [When black men started bearing arms, these people who we think of as being pro-gun are saying, 'We ought to change this law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/when-black-men-started-bearing-arms-these-people-who-we-think-of-as/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [As black people, we want our story to be this constant ascendance from slavery. But it's not like that. You push and it goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/as-black-people-we-want-our-story-to-be-this-constant-ascendance-from/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [Part of the problem with Occupy Wall Street was that folks were never really clear on what they were fighting for. If you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/part-of-the-problem-with-occupy-wall-street-was-that-folks-were-never/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [Usually we look at it like, "Oh, black people couldn't vote in Mississippi because they had to take a literacy test." But one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/usually-we-look-at-it-like-oh-black-people-couldn-t-vote-in/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [I want to be able to tell black people something they don't know, something about our own lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/i-want-to-be-able-to-tell-black-people-something-they-don-t-know/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [Cameras have really made people question the police. People, especially white people, are saying, 'Oh my God, we had no idea.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/cameras-have-really-made-people-question-the-police-people-especially/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [Once your leaders get corrupted one way or another, it's hard to stop the organization from being corrupted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/once-your-leaders-get-corrupted-one-way-or-another-it-s-hard-to-stop/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [You can't imagine hip-hop without the Black Panthers. Today, hopefully, the movement can be an inspiration to people. These were people who made mistakes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/you-can-t-imagine-hip-hop-without-the-black-panthers-today-hopefully/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [Instead of feeling like there's two or three of us in this town of hostile crackers, I'm in a big church filled with people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/instead-of-feeling-like-there-s-two-or-three-of-us-in-this-town-of/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [There's a similarity in both being young people who are not about the politics of respectability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/there-s-a-similarity-in-both-being-young-people-who-are-not-about-the/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [One of the most important parts of the civil rights movement that people don't talk about was these mass meetings. It's like "Movement Church."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/one-of-the-most-important-parts-of-the-civil-rights-movement-that/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [Race is always tossed into the mix. The unspoken idea is always that white people have a right to carry guns and bear arms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/race-is-always-tossed-into-the-mix-the-unspoken-idea-is-always-that/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

> [People also don't understand how young the Panthers were - basically teenagers. And that they were over 50 percent women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-nelson-jr/people-also-don-t-understand-how-young-the-panthers-were-basically/)

[Stanley Nelson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-nelson-jr/)

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