EVERYWHERE, USA - 11/04/2008
THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY EACH OF US
SHOULD VOTE. THE FOLLOWING, FOR ME, ARE THE
MOST COMPELLING!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE REMEMBER
IT’S TIME
NOVEMBER 4, 2008
SEGREGATED CLASSROOMS
BLACK CHILDREN STILL SEGREGATED IN SOME OF
OUR SCHOOLS
FREEDOM RIDERS
BUSES BURNED
FIRE HOSES
HOSED AS WE MARCHED
ATTACK DOGS
MARCHERS BITTEN BY POLICE DOGS
CLUBBINGS
MARCHERS LIKE JOHN LEWIS BEATEN BY
POLICE
BOMBINGS
HOMES DESTROYED
BRUTALLY MURDERED IN MISS. IN
1955
EMMITT TILL AGE 14
MURDERED IN JACKSON, MS
1963
MEDGAR EVERS
“ I WAS BORN IN MISSISSIPPI, AND I’LL DIE IN
MISSISSIPPI!”
FOUR LITTLE GIRLS
BIRMINGHAM, AL
1963
MURDERED IN PHILA., MS
1964
CHANEY, SCHWERNER, GOODMAN
MURDERED IN NEW YORK CITY
1965
MALCOLM X
“ WHICH WE INTEND TO BRING INTO EXISTENCE….BY ANY
MEANS NECESSARY!”
MURDERED IN MEMPHIS, TN
1968
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
“THE MORAL ARC OF THE UNIVERSE IS LONG, BUT IT
BENDS TOWARDS JUSTICE!”
DURHAM, NC
SEPARATE AIN’T EQUAL
NEVER WAS….NEVER WILL BE
RACIALLY DIVIDED
RESTAURANTS
WHITES EAT IN…COLOREDS TAKE OUT
LITTLE ROCK, AR
THE LITTLE ROCK NINE
THE GREENSBORO FOUR
WERE REFUSED SERVICE
JOE McNEIL, JIBREEL KHAZAN,FRANKLIN McCAIN, DAVID
RICHMOND
ROSA PARKS
REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT
“MY ONLY CONCERN WAS TO GET HOME AFTER A
HARD DAY’S WORK!”
MUHAMMAD ALI REFUSED TO TAKE A
STEP
“I WILL NOT GO 10,000 MILES AROUND THE WORLD
TO KILL ANOTHER POOR PEOPLE!”
NELSON MANDELA
IMPRISONED FOR 27 YEARS
“A MAN WHO TAKES AWAY ANOTHER MAN’S
FREEDOM IS A PRISONER OF HATRED!”
READ THE 1968 PROPHECY
RFK: “…IN THE NEXT 40 YEARS…”
“HOPE IS THE BEDROCK OF THIS
NATION”
BARACK OBAMA
OBAMA-BIDEN
“YES WE CAN”
REMEMBER!!!!
MANY PEOPLE MADE GREAT
SACRIFICES… EVEN DIED FOR OUR
RIGHTS
HONOR THEM BY GOING TO THE POLLS
AND CASTING YOUR BALLOT.
VOTE
IT’S UP TO YOU!!!!