EVERYWHERE, USA - 11/04/2008. THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY EACH OF US SHOULD VOTE. THE FOLLOWING, FOR...

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EVERYWHERE, USA - 11/04/2008

THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY EACH OF US SHOULD VOTE. THE FOLLOWING, FOR ME, ARE THE

MOST COMPELLING!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE REMEMBER

IT’S TIME

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

SEGREGATED CLASSROOMS

BLACK CHILDREN STILL SEGREGATED IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS

FREEDOM RIDERS

BUSES BURNED

FIRE HOSES

HOSED AS WE MARCHED

ATTACK DOGS

MARCHERS BITTEN BY POLICE DOGS

CLUBBINGS

MARCHERS LIKE JOHN LEWIS BEATEN BY POLICE

BOMBINGS

HOMES DESTROYED

BRUTALLY MURDERED IN MISS. IN 1955

EMMITT TILL AGE 14

MURDERED IN JACKSON, MS1963

MEDGAR EVERS

“ I WAS BORN IN MISSISSIPPI, AND I’LL DIE IN MISSISSIPPI!”

FOUR LITTLE GIRLS

BIRMINGHAM, AL1963

MURDERED IN PHILA., MS1964

CHANEY, SCHWERNER, GOODMAN

MURDERED IN NEW YORK CITY1965

MALCOLM X

“ WHICH WE INTEND TO BRING INTO EXISTENCE….BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!”

MURDERED IN MEMPHIS, TN1968

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

“THE MORAL ARC OF THE UNIVERSE IS LONG, BUT IT BENDS TOWARDS JUSTICE!”

DURHAM, NC

SEPARATE AIN’T EQUAL NEVER WAS….NEVER WILL BE

RACIALLY DIVIDED RESTAURANTS

WHITES EAT IN…COLOREDS TAKE OUT

LITTLE ROCK, AR

THE LITTLE ROCK NINE

THE GREENSBORO FOURWERE REFUSED SERVICE

JOE McNEIL, JIBREEL KHAZAN,FRANKLIN McCAIN, DAVID RICHMOND

ROSA PARKS REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT

“MY ONLY CONCERN WAS TO GET HOME AFTER A HARD DAY’S WORK!”

MUHAMMAD ALI REFUSED TO TAKE A STEP

“I WILL NOT GO 10,000 MILES AROUND THE WORLD TO KILL ANOTHER POOR PEOPLE!”

NELSON MANDELAIMPRISONED FOR 27 YEARS

“A MAN WHO TAKES AWAY ANOTHER MAN’S FREEDOM IS A PRISONER OF HATRED!”

READ THE 1968 PROPHECY

RFK: “…IN THE NEXT 40 YEARS…”

“HOPE IS THE BEDROCK OF THIS NATION”

BARACK OBAMA

OBAMA-BIDEN

“YES WE CAN”

REMEMBER!!!! MANY PEOPLE MADE GREAT

SACRIFICES… EVEN DIED FOR OUR RIGHTS

HONOR THEM BY GOING TO THE POLLS AND CASTING YOUR BALLOT.

VOTE

IT’S UP TO YOU!!!!

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