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Quote of the Day: The Rev. Joseph Lowery, civil rights activist

“We have come too far, marched too long, wept too bitterly and suffered too much brutality to turn back now.”

–The Rev. Joseph Lowery, civil rights activist, speaking about the need for voting rights activism Wednesday (Aug. 14) at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. He was quoted by The Atlanta Voice.

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