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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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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Let me appeal to the consciences of many silent, responsible citizens of the white community who know that a victory for democracy in Jackson will be a victory for democracy everywhere. - 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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Freedom has never been free. - 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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I remember one of them - it was a 1941 black Ford. As it went by very slow, a guy leaned out with a shotgun, keeping a bead on us all the time, and we just had to walk slowly and wait for him to kill us... They didn't kill us, but they didn't end it, either. - Medgar Evers

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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. - 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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And remember that within every lie, there is a truth hidden. Know the truth to defeat the lie. ― T. A. Miles, Raventide

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