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Page 1: Why We Need To Vote

EVERYWHERE, USA - 11/04/2008

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

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

PLEASE REMEMBER

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IT’S TIME

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

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SEGREGATED CLASSROOMS

BLACK CHILDREN STILL SEGREGATED IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS

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FREEDOM RIDERS

BUSES BURNED

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FIRE HOSES

HOSED AS WE MARCHED

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ATTACK DOGS

MARCHERS BITTEN BY POLICE DOGS

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CLUBBINGS

MARCHERS LIKE JOHN LEWIS BEATEN BY POLICE

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BOMBINGS

HOMES DESTROYED

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BRUTALLY MURDERED IN MISS. IN 1955

EMMITT TILL AGE 14

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MURDERED IN JACKSON, MS1963

MEDGAR EVERS

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

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FOUR LITTLE GIRLS

BIRMINGHAM, AL1963

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MURDERED IN PHILA., MS1964

CHANEY, SCHWERNER, GOODMAN

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MURDERED IN NEW YORK CITY1965

MALCOLM X

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

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MURDERED IN MEMPHIS, TN1968

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

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

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DURHAM, NC

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

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RACIALLY DIVIDED RESTAURANTS

WHITES EAT IN…COLOREDS TAKE OUT

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LITTLE ROCK, AR

THE LITTLE ROCK NINE

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THE GREENSBORO FOURWERE REFUSED SERVICE

JOE McNEIL, JIBREEL KHAZAN,FRANKLIN McCAIN, DAVID RICHMOND

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ROSA PARKS REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT

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

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MUHAMMAD ALI REFUSED TO TAKE A STEP

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

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NELSON MANDELAIMPRISONED FOR 27 YEARS

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

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READ THE 1968 PROPHECY

RFK: “…IN THE NEXT 40 YEARS…”

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“HOPE IS THE BEDROCK OF THIS NATION”

BARACK OBAMA

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OBAMA-BIDEN

“YES WE CAN”

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REMEMBER!!!! MANY PEOPLE MADE GREAT

SACRIFICES… EVEN DIED FOR OUR RIGHTS

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

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VOTE

IT’S UP TO YOU!!!!