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BRIEF WITH YOUR QUESTIONS COMING AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR WONDERFUL -- CONTINUE OUR WONDERFUL EVENING AND HAVE A NATIONAL PUBLIC MEETING. STAT WONDER WHERE...
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| 00:15:37 |
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I'M NOT PREPARED TO GIVE UP ON ANYONE. I'M NOT PREPARED TO GIVE UP ON ANY SINGLE HUMAN BEING. DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS THE ORGANIZATION CALLED FECUND...
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| 00:16:45 |
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THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA? HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE WITH CONGRESS? ZERO. WHAT DO WE DO? IT IS THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING IN THE WORLD TALKING ABOUT FOLKS...
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| 00:17:10 |
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SOME CREATIVE --. >>
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| 00:17:17 |
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IT'S THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING. >> YOU CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE AND MOBILIZE AND DON'T BECOME FRUSTRATED AND GIVE UP. >> NO, WE
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| 00:17:26 |
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DON'T GIVE
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| 00:17:29 |
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UP. >> WE NEED MORE MEMBERS THAT WILL STAND UP AND VOTE FOR THE VOTE FOR D.C..
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| 00:17:37 |
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THAT'S WHAT
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| 00:17:38 |
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WE NEED. ORGANIZE YOUR FRIENDS AND OTHERS ACROSS THE LAND TO VOTE THE RIGHT WAY. >> I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT YOUR COURAGE DID NOT STOP ON THAT BRIDGE...
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| 00:18:05 |
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AN AMERICAN JEW, I APPRECIATE SO MUCH YOU AND JULIAN BOND NOT ATTENDING THE MILLION MAN MARCH, AND AS A HETEROSEXUAL ALLY, I AM THRILLED WITH WHAT'S...
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| 00:19:14 |
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FROM THE LATE 50'S AND EARLY 60'S. PEOPLE WOULD ASK ABOUT INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE RACE THIS DON'T FALL IN LOVE AND GET MARRIED, INDIVIDUALS FALL IN LOVE...
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| 00:20:34 |
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WEEKS AGO BECAUSE WE WERE GOING ON THE KIND OF TRIP HE WERE TALKING ABOUT COUPLE CHIEF GRADE CLASS WENT DOWN -- >> WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE BECAUSE...
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| 00:20:52 |
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TRIP, WE WENT TO BIRMINGHAM, MONTGOMERY AND BALLAN TO -- ATLANTA AND WE MADE A DOCUMENTARY OF THE TRIP AND TURNED IT INTO A LITTLE BOOK FOR YOU. WE...
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| 00:21:37 |
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HERE. [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 00:21:39 |
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HOW ARE
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| 00:21:44 |
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YOU DOING, CONGRESSMAN? >> FINE, SIR. HOW'RE YOU? >> I RECENTLY MOVED TO D.C., AND I
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| 00:21:52 |
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JUST WANT TO CONTEXTUALIZE
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| 00:21:54 |
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THIS QUESTION A LITTLE BIT. I RECENTLY LEFT WORKING AT GOLDMAN
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| 00:21:58 |
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SACHS AND I DECIDED TO PURSUE WORKING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE I FELT I NEEDED TO BE EXAMPLE TO YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES AS WELL AS FEMALES...
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| 00:23:28 |
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EDUCATE AND INFORM PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THEY CAN MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. WE ALL CAN BE GREAT BECAUSE WE ALL CAN SURF. I THINK THERE...
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| 00:24:42 |
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IF I COME IN WITH THAT BRANDING AND I'M TELLING THE STUDENTS YOU CAN BE WHAT HE WANTED THE WAR RHETORIC IS YOU CHOOSE AND THEY SAY LET ME RESEARCH THE...
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| 00:25:03 |
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGES ON
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| 00:25:08 |
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THE BOARD AND THEY'VE DONE A
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| 00:25:11 |
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GREAT JOB. LET'S GET SOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES ON THE BOARD. LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I WILL WORK WITH YOU. I KNOW THE DIRECTOR...
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| 00:25:31 |
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THANK IF YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. JUST GO FOR IT, BROTHER. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK
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| 00:25:39 |
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YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE GENERATION SON BORN OF ALL RACES WILL BE AND ARE FOREVER INDEBTED TO YOU. MY QUESTION GOES TO
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| 00:25:48 |
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1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON. IT IS WRITTEN THAT YOU WERE ASKED TO TONE DOWN YOUR SPEECH. AS YOU REFLECT BACK TO THAT TIME, WOULD YOU DO THAT OVER? >> YES....
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| 00:26:11 |
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COMMITTEE AND HE MADE A FENCE AND COPIED SOME OF MY SPEECH AVAILABLE TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SOME PEOPLE SOLD IT AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT THEY THOUGHT...
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| 00:29:13 |
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MANY WORDS INSIDE WHENEVER
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| 00:29:14 |
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THE HEALTH THIS THING IS. BASICALLY I GUESS MY MAIN QUESTION -- I LIKED WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT GETTING IN THE WAY DOING THINGS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE BIGGEST...
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| 00:30:39 |
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IN PEACEFUL AND WELL ORGANIZED AND DISCIPLINED ACTIONS. JUST, YOU KNOW, WE PRAYED. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO JUST GET OUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE OUR FEET....
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| 00:31:11 |
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PEOPLE. PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD SUCCEED. SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD SUCCEED WHEN WE WALKED ACROSS THE BRIDGE MARCH 7, 1965 PRESIDENT SAID...
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| 00:32:05 |
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TO OVERCOME GREED AND FEET AND YOU ALREADY ANSWERED IT. ESTIMATE JUST LOVE EVERYBODY. DON'T HAVE ANY ILL FEELINGS OF BITTERNESS TOWARD EVERYONE JUST...
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| 00:32:28 |
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MUCH. >> HI, CONGRESSMAN LEWIS. MY NAME IS JOHN COME AND EDITORIAL INTERN WITH RED ALERT POLITICS. I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THAT I LEFT
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| 00:32:37 |
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YOUR APPEARANCE ON THE STEVEN COLBERT SHOW. I FEEL HE COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE FRIENDLY TO YOU. ESTIMATE I THOUGHT HE WAS VERY FRIENDLY. [LAUGHTER]...
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| 00:32:59 |
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YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT. >> I THINK IT'S A STEP BACKWARD. I THINK IT'S A FORM OF A VOTER SUPPRESSION. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY TO PEOPLE THAT
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| 00:33:14 |
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HAVE NEVER EVER HAD A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN REMOTE PARTS OF AMERICA? YOU'RE GOING TO DENY SOMEONE 98-YEARS-OLD THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE...
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| 00:33:50 |
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SAY YOU ARE? PUT FAITH IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE SHOULD OPEN THE PROCESS AND LET MORE PEOPLE COME IN. MORE THAN 4 MILLION PEOPLE WERE TURNED AWAY...
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| 00:34:37 |
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I DON'T SEE THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN ON A LARGE SCALE. ESTIMATE THAT THERE COULDN'T THE OTHER INCIDENTS THAT THERE WERE NOT WEISEL LAWS? >> I HAVE FAITH...
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| 00:34:46 |
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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND I TRUST IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK. I WANT TO GO
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| 00:34:54 |
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FORWARD. >> THANK YOU TO VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO READING YOUR LATEST BOOK AND I READ THE
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| 00:35:02 |
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FIRST ONE. IT WAS GREAT. I WAS CURIOUS, CONGRESSMAN, AFTER
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| 00:35:07 |
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A RED HARRY BELAFONTE'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY I READ THAT PORTION OF YOUR BOOK WHEN YOU WENT TO DENNEY AFTER THE SUMMER OF '64 AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD...
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| 00:35:34 |
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HARRY BELAFONTE LEAST SOME MONEY. HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO TAKE 13 OF US ON THE TRIP TO WEST AFRICA AND HAVE NEVER BEEN TO AFRICA BEFORE. I...
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| 00:36:27 |
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MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >>> A
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