Ends Quote by Stokely Carmichael

Never in life do you hear about a large group of black people getting killed altogether. 'Cuz we run. Nigga, we run when we…

— Cedric The Entertainer

“Things have come a long way in Mississippi. That’s the usual shorthand. Perhaps nowhere else in America has made more progress in its race…

— Richard Grant

Every time I run, it's with the mindset that if I die at this race it's OK.

— Yuki

“These were not idle threats. Suspected labor agents were arrested routinely whenever a trainload of African Americans left or when the fields were empty…

— Carol Anderson

You can tell this by the program the federal government had to train 2,400 tractor drivers. They would have trained Negro and white together,…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

There are a million Negroes in Mississippi. I think they'll take care of me.

— James Meredith

I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the…

— Dick Gregory

The only thing I really feel is necessary is that the black people, not only in Mississippi, will have to actually upset this applecart.…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

It would appear that the state of Mississippi has decided to maintain white supremacy by murdering children.

— Roy Wilkins

I looked on the television the other night and saw them beating a Negro unmercifully in Mississippi. And this is the result of a…

— Malcolm X

If you're going to get elected to anything in Mississippi, you have to pay attention to and court the black vote.

— Mike Espy

I'm ready to fight for Mississippians in Washington.

— Mike Espy