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MEN AND WOMEN BLACK AND WHITE BOARDED TWO BUSS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HEADED FOR NEW ORLEANS. THE GOAL WAS TO INTEGRATE SOUTHERN BUS STOPS. ALONG THE...
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GOD OF OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS, GOD OF ALL, GOD OF BLACK AND WHITE, OF YELLOW, OF RED, OF BROWN, OF STRAIGHT AND GAY, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THESE DAYS...
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THANK YOU, RABBI. YOU MAY BE SEATED. YES. BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A PERSONAL NOTE. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THANKED THE FREEDOM RIDERS....
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MUCH. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FREEDOM RIDERS HAVE ALREADY HAD TO LISTEN TO ME SPEAK THREE TIMES, AND I DON'T THINK IN THIS SUNSHINE THAT YOU'RE DYING TO...
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| 00:04:46 |
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VERY MUCH, GOVERNOR. WE PROMISE NOT TO BAKE YOU OUT HERE IN THIS MISSISSIPPI SUN SO WE'LL MOVE ALONG QUICKLY. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP NOW MAYOR HARVEY...
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GOOD AFTERNOON. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF JACKSON, IT BRINGS ME GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME EACH OF YOU TO THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM RIDERS ALL PEOPLES PROGRAM....
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| 00:06:55 |
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WELCOME JACKSON'S POLICE CHIEF, REBECCA
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COLEMAN. >> GOOD EVENING. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM TRULY, TRULY HUMBLED. I BRING GREETINGS FROM THE MEN AND WOMEN OF JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT....
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| 00:09:05 |
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THE CHIEF'S CALM DEMEANOR FOOL YOU. SHE'S ONE TOUGH LADY. I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE NOW, I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO MEET THIS LADY AND I FINALLY...
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| 00:09:43 |
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LOVERS. I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT CAPTION TO ATTACH TO EVERYONE HERE. THE GOVERNOR, THE MAYOR, ALL OF THE OTHER DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, I FEEL SO HONORED...
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| 00:14:52 |
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MRS. MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. OUR NEXT GUEST IS ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CIVIL...
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| 00:15:12 |
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AFTERNOON. I BRING YOU GREETINGS ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT OBAMA AND ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER, CIVIL RIGHTS IS INDEED PART OF THEIR HEART, PART OF THEIR...
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| 00:20:22 |
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SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU NOW AND WELCOME TO THE PODIUM FREEDOM RIDER HANK THOMAS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>
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| 00:20:35 |
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FREEDOM RIDERS. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED YOU TO COME BACK TO JACKSON. I WANTED YOU TO SEE THE LOVE. I WANTED YOU TO HEAR THE PEOPLE ...
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| 00:22:54 |
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THOMAS. AND NOW, ANOTHER FREEDOM RIDER AND CONGRESSMAN, BOB
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| 00:23:10 |
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FILNER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS, A TRUE AMERICAN HERO, AND MYSELF, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE HIS WIFE IS VERY...
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| 00:25:26 |
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LIKE TO HEAR FROM AT LEAST FOUR MORE OF THE FREEDOM RIDERS. FIRST, HEZEKIAH WATKINS. HEK? >> LET'S
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| 00:25:43 |
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SEE NOW. HERE HE IS. OKAY. AND WHILE HE'S COMING UP, WOULD ELLEN ZISKIND, KORDELL PETWAY AND DAVE DENNIS COME FORWARD AS WELL. HOW YOU DOING? GOOD...
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| 00:26:05 |
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AFTERNOON. MR. GOVERNOR, MR. MAYOR, MISS CHIEF. HOW Y'ALL DOING. THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR JACKSON. THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR ME. EARLY THIS MORNING...
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THANK YOU, HEZEKIAH. US, MISS ELLEN ZISKIND. I HOPE I PRONOUNCED IT RIGHT. ZISKIN. >>
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| 00:29:14 |
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I FEEL AS THOUGH I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE. I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE IS SPEAKING FOR THE OTHER ISSUE THAT ARE RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT AND SPAN...
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| 00:30:47 |
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AFTERNOON. IT IS INDEED A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE TO BE IN JACKSON AT THIS TIME. 50 YEARS AGO, WHEN MY DAD, MY BROTHER, AND ANOTHER GRADUATE STUDENT FROM...
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| 00:32:37 |
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GENTLEMEN, CERTAINLY LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, DAVE
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| 00:32:49 |
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DENNIS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO MISSISSIPPI AS FREEDOM RIDERS, AS MERLIE SAID AND AS HANK SAID, THE...
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| 00:34:05 |
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MUCH. I HAVE TO ECHO WHAT THEY'VE ALL SAID ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU CAN DO IT, AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, JUST THINK...
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| 00:34:37 |
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I'D LIKE TO SAY I KNOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS A THEME SONG FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WHICH WAS "WE SHALL OVERCOME" BUT MANY OF YOU DID...
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| 00:39:34 |
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UP RABBI DRESSER IN, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, POINTED OUT TO ME, THAT WE DO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT REVEREND WYATT T. WALKER IS HERE AMONG US. HE'S HAD...
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| 00:40:08 |
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GOD OF OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR ALL OF THOSE HERE ASSEMBLED, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, CITIZENS, OLD AND YOUNG, WE GIVE THANKS,...
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| 00:41:01 |
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOORS WILL BE OPEN TO THE CONVENTION CENTER. YOU MAY GO IN AND HAVE REFRESHMENTS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THIS...
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