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We came to the bridge which had marked the terminal point of two previous attempts. On one of those attempts, King had turned his people back at this spot. On the other attempt, the state troopers had ridden into the crowd with clubs, and bullwhips, and tear gas.

— Maurice Davis Brotherhood Postponed (1965)

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I keep thinking what happens when the power of love is twisted into the love of power.

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I marveled again at the power of the federal government whose presence stood between us and another massacre.

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