National Equal Justice Award Dinner (NEJAD), 1993 - 6 of 10

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'salvation f ,:r I'll oI Us'

l the night b,:fr;re the march
rn, aiminil to enlist supTrrt f<.rr.

,irtension of tlte Votinfl ilighls
and forthe disrnissal of vottng
I convictions of two. biack civtl

.L, activisLs in PicI:ens Cor.tntv,
. Lo';ery stirrerC emuttlns rn hl-i
,:,nce, deciarinq: "To''lr;r,i-t;11
robbxxl ,us oI our noiltt.rncy.

';'e is not salvation for anY of us,
ss there is salv3tion for all of

rr Selma, vhere marchers were
'en with grlice night-sticks 17

bcfore, he anlusrxl hi"s listen'
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1tgomery, on the n!ght L'efortr the
i day, when hP loid htrnrlreri:;
.rered in a chu?ctt tirat tle wt-ruid
i:er go to jail than tr)w to thr-r dr:cr'
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.blo,cl,. strctch of Dexter r\"":nue
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