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“You know, it's strange to get called out by the mother of civil rights...”

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“You know, it's strange to get called out by the mother of civil rights...”

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"You were just doing what you felt you needed to do for us to be better people."

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"You were just doing what you felt you needed to do for us to be better people."

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“I feel like I have wings now.”

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“I feel like I have wings now.”

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“It was almost like we were canoeing through molasses.”

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“It was almost like we were canoeing through molasses.”

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“I think you should get half my diploma.”

“I think you should get half my diploma.”

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“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”

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“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”

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“I realized, wow, somebody else has these feelings. This isn’t just me.”

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“I realized, wow, somebody else has these feelings. This isn’t just me.”

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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”

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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”

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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“I remember feeling so in the dark as a student.”

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“I remember feeling so in the dark as a student.”