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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, MS
1963
MEDGAR EVERS

“ I WAS BORN IN MISSISSIPPI,


AND I’LL DIE IN MISSISSIPPI!”
FOUR LITTLE GIRLS

BIRMINGHAM, AL
1963
MURDERED IN PHILA., MS
1964

CHANEY, SCHWERNER, GOODMAN


MURDERED IN NEW YORK CITY
1965
MALCOLM X

“ WHICH WE INTEND TO BRING INTO


EXISTENCE….BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!”
MURDERED IN MEMPHIS, TN
1968
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 FOUR
WERE 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 MANDELA
IMPRISONED 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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