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👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Back then, there were rules that stopped black people from voting.
If you want to change the laws, you have to be able to vote for new people who make the laws.
We're marching to tell the governor we want voting rights.
This brutality must end.
No matter what, don't let them pass.
The police had billy clubs and tear gas.
They attacked our group and knocked many people down.
But as I learned so long ago, you have to get back up.
No matter how hard they hit us, we've remained peaceful.
Still, we didn't get through.
Two days later, we tried again.
Now there were 2,500 of us.
We will get to Montgomery.
No, you won't.
I promise you won't.
Once again, we tried.
Once again, we did not get through.
Did we give up?
What do you think?
It was Sunday, March 21st, 1965, our third try.