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"I wanted him to show them that he could do what anybody else can do."
3:30

"I wanted him to show them that he could do what anybody else can do."

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“We're respecting the animals and we're respecting each other.”
3:09

“We're respecting the animals and we're respecting each other.”

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“You know, it's strange to get called out by the mother of civil rights...”
3:36

“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."
2:17

"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.”
2:32

“I feel like I have wings now.”

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“It was almost like we were canoeing through molasses.”
2:53

“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.’”
3:16

“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.”
2:59

“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.”
3:46

“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.”
2:53

“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.”
3:10

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

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"I put you through hell."
3:39

"I put you through hell."

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"That kindness in such young people changed me forever."
1:47

"That kindness in such young people changed me forever."

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"I felt like a superhero."

"I felt like a superhero."

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"He was one of the first children in the state of Illinois to be diagnosed as HIV positive."

"He was one of the first children in the state of Illinois to be diagnosed as HIV positive."

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"Do you remember when I first told you that I wore women's clothes?"
3:03

"Do you remember when I first told you that I wore women's clothes?"

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"Hello, my name is Yusor Abu-Salha."

"Hello, my name is Yusor Abu-Salha."

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"I didn't think I would ever tell a teacher..."
2:47

"I didn't think I would ever tell a teacher..."

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"You showed me that I'm not alone."
2:08

"You showed me that I'm not alone."

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