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Black folk, a lot of us lived as victims in a certain part of our history. And we had to really erase that tape. We're not victims. We are citizens.
Dorothy Cotton
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Dorothy Cotton
Age: 88 †
Born: 1930
Born: January 1
Died: 2018
Died: June 10
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Goldsboro
North Carolina
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If a house is burning, and bucket of water is thrown on the blaze and doesn't extinguish the fire, this doesn't mean that water won't put out fire. It means we need more water. And so with nonviolence.
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