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“I'll be damned if I'm going to let the white man lick me. There's something out here that I've got to do for my kids, and I'm not going to stop until I've done it.”

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

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Our only hope is to control the vote.

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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…

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