Bearers of the Torch Keep Civil Rights Movement Alive

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"Sometimes, people forget about them because somebody gets murdered out of the movement who is a great speaker-a Dr. King, or a militant figure like [Malcolm X], and say 'oh, yeah, that's the leader of the movement.' But the leader was actually...maybe somebody you don't remember."

"It was scary and chaotic if you can imagine that thousands of people didn't like you because your skin was black," [Terrence Roberts] said. "Segregation was the law of the land. I said 'I may not make it through alive.' Life was a struggle. But we were doing the right thing. Thousands of other people died. The sacrifices were too great."

"I think it's essential," [Donzaleigh] said. "Our stories have to be told and I think it's important that we tell our own stories. People of other races will the African American story and something will be missing. Nothing is richer than telling your own story, and that's what Voices of Civil Rights allows."

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Bearers of the Torch Keep Civil Rights Movement Alive

The images of the civil rights movement are unblinking. Streams of high-pressured water from firemen's water hoses pounding the chest of black children and knocking them down and breaking the pride of many African American adults.

Police dogs tearing at the flesh of black men and women as they marched for the right to be treated like human beings, and white men riding around in white sheets,...

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