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I Got Pictures Of Us And They Would Draw Big Red Rings Around Us And Tell What They Thought Of Us. I Got A Letter Said, "i Have Been Shot Three Times Throught The Heart. I Hope I See Your Second Act." But This White Man Who Wants To Stay White, And To Think For The Negro, He Is Not Only Destroying The Negro, He Is Destroying Himself, Because A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand And That Same Thing Applies To America.

The 20th Of March In 1964, I Went Before The Secretary Of State To Qualify To Run As An Official Candidate For Congress From The 2nd Congressional District, And It Was Easier For Me To Qualify To Run Than It Was For Me To Pass The Literacy Test To Be A Registered Voter. And We Had Four People To Qualify And Run In The June Primary Election Be We Didn't Have Enough Negroes Registered In Mississippi.

If The White Man Gives You Anything - Just Remember When He Gets Ready He Will Take It Right Back. We Have To Take For Ourselves.

In Coming To Atlantic City, We Believed Strongly That We Were Right. In Fact, It Was Just Right For Us To Come To Challenge The Seating Of The Regular Democratic Party From Mississippi. But We Didn't Think When We Got There That We Would Meet People, That Actually The Other Leaders Of The Movement Would Differ With What We Felt Was Right.

Actually Since The Convention I Have Gotten So Many Letters That I Have Tried To Answer But Every Letter Said They Thought This Decision, Not To Accept The Compromise, Was So Important. There Wasn't One Letter I Have Gotten So Far That Said We Should Have Accepted The Compromise - Not One.