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Rev, stay with me. let s turn from the words of racism to what many say is a policy of voter suppression. oprah putting it in very real terms. rev, given on what you worked on these issues, look at what she s saying. otis moss senior who here in george s troop county got up in the morning and put on his only suit and his best tie, and he walked six miles to the voting poll location he was told to go to in lagrange, and when he got there after walking six miles in his good suit and tie they said boy, you at the wrong place. 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. ....
A preacher in cleveland, ohio. i heard him tell the story of his father. of otis moss senior, who, right here in georgia, got up in the morning and put on his only suit and his best time. he walked 6 miles to the voting poll location he was told to go to in lagrange. when he got there, after walking 6 miles in his good suit and tie, they said boy, you at the wrong place. you at the wrong place. you need to go over there. so he walks another 6 miles, and when he got there, they said boy, you at the wrong place. you need to go to the rosemont school. and i picture him walking from dawn to dusk, in his suit. ....
Take voting seriously, until around my mid-20s, and around my mid-20s, i had the privilege of hearing reverend otis moss jr., and you all know him? he is a preacher in cleveland, ohio. and i heard him tell the story of his father, of tis moss sr. who right here in georgia s troop county got up in the morning and put on his only suit and his best tie, and he walked six miles to the voting poll location that he was told to go to in lagrange. and when he got there, after walking six miles in his good suit and tie, they said, boy, you have come to wrong place. you have to go to mountville. so he walked another six miles at a mountville, and when he got there, they said, boy, you are at the wrong place, and you need to go to the rosemont school. ....