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59 years ago today I was released from Parchman Farm Penitentiary after being arrested in Jackson, MS for using a so-called "white" restroom during the Freedom Rides of 1961.

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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

I believe in nonviolence as a way of life, as a way of living.

I have been in some kind of fight – for freedom, equality, basic human rights – for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now.

Next time we march we may have to keep going when we get to Montgomery. We may have to on to Washington.

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