People Who Don't Vote Have No Line

I Grew Up In A Very Religious Family And It Is The Motivating Force To Every Thing I Do. I Am Fortunate To Have Had Adults All Around Me Who Really Lived Their Faith, In Helping Other People And Doing The Best You Can Do. The World Wasn't So Wonderful Back Then, With Segregated Rule In The South. But We Were Never Hopeless And We Never Despaired Because We Had Adults Out There Struggling With Us, Being There For Us, And Buffering Us.

That's Not To Say That Some Of The New Media Is Not Advantageous. You Can Reach Lots Of Folks With What Black Lives Matter Is Doing, Mobilizing People. God Bless Them.

When President Kennedy Was Elected, Many Black Americans, Like So Many Americans, Were Captivated By His Youth And Energy And Promise And Were Especially Hopeful That He Might Move The Country In A New Direction On Civil Rights.

We All Need To Get Out Of Our Safety Zones Too. In Addition To Voting, We Need To Embarrass People Who Don't Do The Right Thing. It's Going To Take Citizen Action.

There Were These Great Women In Montgomery, [rosa Louise] Parks Was Among Them. Jo Ann Robinson [who Organized The Bus Boycott] Was Among Them. It's Always These Ordinary Women And Men Of Grace Who Have Been Waiting And Seething And Planning To Change Things That Are Unjust That Bring Movement.