but we are that, threatening our mere presence, our mer presence is a threat to thes systems. so, imagine as we continue t come together, that ar persistent and sustained inaction, what we ca accomplish i represent a city where young people change this community before during the freedom rise and it s our time again. so, to the young peopl listening, i would say, le them know that we are no waiting for permission that it s our time now and that we re going to step into our part together because our power is empowerin our people and that would make life one i which our people can flouris and thrive justin jones, thank you for being with us tonight. holly mccaul, , i think we ve lost michael feel a moment ago, i m going t thank michael for his word
not a defeat and thank you so much for that wisdom and encouragement because, i would say, today is not a defeat but if we were not powerful, they would not be trying s hard to stop us and expel us and, if we are were not threat to their system, they would not of went to this fo his to expel us for exercising our personal right this has never happened in tennessee writes, a breach for house the corals i mean, it s outrageous. but we are that, threatening our mere presence, our mer presence is a threat to thes systems. so, imagine as we continue t come together, that ar persistent and sustained inaction, what we ca accomplish i represent a city where young people change this community before during the freedom rise and it s our time again. so, to the young peopl listening, i would say, le them know that we are no waiting for permission that it s our time now and that we re going to step into our part together because our power is empowerin our people and that would make life one i w
negro who was gunned down on the highways of mississippi. - [mukasa] james meredith was a young student that integrated to university of mississippi. - [bystander] go home nigger! - [mukasa] riots broke out, people got killed. james meredith felt that even though you passed the voter s right s bill, people still have fear. and he decided to walk from memphis, tennessee to jackson, mississippi 250 miles with a sign saying, register to vote, have no fear. and when he stepped out in mississippi, a white man stepped out the bush and shot him in the back. - [hasan] even though sncc activists and sncc organizers were opposed to these large scale demonstrations and marches, they say we have to get involved. because they were guided early on. this is freedom rise, diane nash. you never let violence stop a protest. you never let violence stop a local movement.
yielding. madam speaker, i rise with a heavy heart to support this resolution. we came to washington in 1961 to go on a freedom rise. we chose that day. we came here on august 28, 1963 for the march on washington, it was joyceful. we met with a young president, president john kennedy. we came here on august 6, 1965 for the signing for the voting rights act. we were excited, hopeful we met president lyndon johnson. but today we didn t ask for this. this is a sad day. it is not a day of joy. our nation is founded on the principle that we do not have