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THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY EACH OF US SHOULD VOTE :THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY EACH OF US SHOULD VOTE CHANGE
I was born by the river in a little tent… :I was born by the river in a little tent…
Oh and just like the river, I’ve been running every since :Oh and just like the river, I’ve been running every since It’s been a long, a long time coming…
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will… :But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will…
FREEDOM RIDERS –BUSES BURNED :FREEDOM RIDERS –BUSES BURNED It’s been too hard living…
BRUTALLY MURDERED IN MISS. IN 1955 Emmitt Till, age 14 :BRUTALLY MURDERED IN MISS. IN 1955 Emmitt Till, age 14 But I’m afraid…
FOUR LITTLE GIRLS – BIRMINGHAM, AL 1963 :FOUR LITTLE GIRLS – BIRMINGHAM, AL 1963 to die…
I don’t know what’s up there beyond the sky… :I don’t know what’s up there beyond the sky… It’s been a long, a long time coming…
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will… :But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will…
Slide 10:I go to the movie………………
FIRE HOSES – Hosed as we marched :FIRE HOSES – Hosed as we marched and I go downtown…
Somebody keep telling me……… “Don’t hang around” :Somebody keep telling me……… “Don’t hang around” It’s been a long, a long time coming…
Slide 13:But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will…
Slide 14:KATRINA Then I go my brother and I say, “Brother, help me please”, but he winds up knockin’ me back down on my knees…
Oh, there been times that I thought I couldn’t last for long, but now I think I’m able to carry on. It’s been a long, a long time coming… :Oh, there been times that I thought I couldn’t last for long, but now I think I’m able to carry on. It’s been a long, a long time coming…
VOTE!!!! YOU OWE IT TO YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW :VOTE!!!! YOU OWE IT TO YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will…
Robert Kennedy statement in the 1960’s broadcast on Voice of America Radio Network :Robert Kennedy statement in the 1960’s broadcast on Voice of America Radio Network “There’s no question that in the next thirty or forty years a Negro can also achieve the same position that my brother has as President of the United States”.
VOTE :VOTE YOU OWE IT TO MORE THAN JUST YOURSELF!!!! NOVEMBER 4, 2008