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 streets, and when we got to the courthouse, the clerk said he wanted to talk with us. When we got into his office, some 15 or 20 armed white men surged in behind us - men I had grown up with, had played with. - Medgar Evers

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Freedom has never been free. - Medgar Evers

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I plan to live on campus in a dormitory and to do all the things any other student of the law school might do: use the library, eat in the dining hall, attend classes. - Medgar Evers

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We left the guns hidden in the car and tried walking into the polling place again, and the mob blocked us again. We didn't pursue it. - Medgar Evers

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The only film I've enjoyed starring a wrestler was Mickey Rourke in 'The Wrestler.'- Dwayne Johnson

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That's why I want to change Mississippi. You don't run away from problems - you just face them. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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First it was the whites, and then their Negro message bearers. And the word was always the same: 'Tell your sons to take their names off the books. Don't show up at the courthouse voting day.' - Medgar Evers

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One day, I know the struggle will change. There's got to be a change - not only for Mississippi, not only for the people in the United States, but people all over the world.- Fannie Lou Hamer

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

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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. - Medgar Evers

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