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If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

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Jesse Jackson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 8
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South Carolina
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The crown jewel of Dr. King`s movement was to protect the right to vote for all citizens.
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We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up. Jesus said that we should not be judged by the bark we wear but by the fruit that we bear. Jesus said that we must measure greatness by how we treat the least of these.
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Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our preacher is not arrogant enough to take God's word, so he have to go and get some white fellow's agenda and put it in his church.
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