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Ayanna Pressley: “We are still in the civil rights movement that summoned…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 04:31

Family we are here because we are the super majority and they are afraid of our power. We are still in the civil rights movement that summoned King. The fact of the matter is they would rather have us picking cotton than picking presidents. Freedom is never really won. Every generation must earn it and defend it for the next. (04:31–04:36)

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Asserts that the civil rights movement is ongoing and has not yet achieved its goals.

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