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

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Freedom has never been free. - Medgar Evers

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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. - Medgar Evers

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If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it. - 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. - 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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Except for teachers, who are 'controlled' as far as his militancy is concerned, good jobs are rare for Negroes. - Medgar Evers

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

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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 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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It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I'm going to do it some day. - Medgar Evers

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