vote. by the time the next election came around he had died. so when i go to the polls and i cast my ballot, i cast it for a man i never knew. i cast it for otis moss sr. who walked 18 miles one day just for the chance to vote. and when i go into the polls i cast the vote for my grandmother hattie may lee who died in 1963 before the voting rights act of 1965, and never had a chance to vote. i vote for her. and when i stand in the polls i do what maya angelou says, i come as one, but i stand as 10,000. for all those who paved the way that we might have the right to vote. and for anybody here who has an
place, you need to go to the rosemont school. and i picture him walking from dawn to dusk in his suit, his feet tired, getting to the rosemont school, and they say boy, you too late, the polls are closed. and he never had a chance to vote. by the time the next election came around he had died. so when i go to the polls and i cast my ballot, i cast it for a man i never knew. i cast it for otis moss sr. who walked 18 miles one day just for the chance to vote. and when i go into the polls i cast the vote for my grandmother hattie may lee who died in 1963 before the voting rights act of 1965, and never had a chance to vote. i vote for her.
his feet tired. getting to the rosemont school, and they say boy, you too late. the polls are closed. and he never had a chance to vote. by the time the next election came around, he had died. when i go to the polls and i cast my ballot, i cast it for a man i never knew. i cast it for otis moss senior, who walked 18 miles one day just for the chance to vote. [cheers and applause] when i go into the polls, i cast the vote for my grandmother, hattie may lee, who died in 1963 before the voting rights act of 1965 and never had a chance to vote. i vote for her. [applause] when i stand in the polls, i do what maya angelou says i come as one, but i stand as 10,000.