"To simply say that black people made allegations that substantiated an unfair and selective prosecution where you had more than half of the counts thrown out, where you had 27 counts where it took the jury less than four hours to find them not guilty - that speaks to fact that here we have three civil-rights activists, acquitted. What we have here is a prosecution that was baseless, a prosecution that chilled African Americans right to vote."

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Source : Source: www.esquire.com

Cornell William Brooks

#Rights Quotes #People Quotes #African American Quotes

“Man is an individual. The animals, plants and minerals are divided into species. They are not individualized in the same sense that man is.”

Source : Max Heindel (1920). “The Rosicrucian Cosmo-conception: Or, Mystic Christianity ; an Elementary Treatise Upon Man's Past Evolution, Present Constitution and Future Development”, p.71, Lulu.com
“In Him is Everything. Him you must try to find.”
“Social embedded business processes that solve concrete needs are key to enterprise social collaboration.”
“I couldn't portray a woman in all her natural loveliness... I haven't the skill. No one has. I must, therefore, create a new sort of beauty...”
“Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes.”
“I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.”
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

Source : Maya Angelou (2010). “Letter To My Daughter”, p.7, Hachette UK
“Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.”

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