You have to be persistent.
We come to Selma to be renewed. We come to be inspired. We come to be reminded that we must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.
I would say the country is a different country. It is a better country. The signs I saw when I was growing up are gone and they will not return. In many ways the walls of segregation have been torn down.
MLK, Jr. taught me how to say no to segregation, and I can hear him saying now... when you straighten up your back, no man can ride you. He said stand up straight and say no to racial discrimination.
You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
Selma was the turning point.
I wanted young people to know that I was just a typical child.
The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before.
