The segregationists had a chokehold on our government. But people like you didn't play dead. They stood, they fought, they marched, they bled until they passed the Voting Rights act and the Civil Rights act and created Medicaid and created Medicare and created Head Start. That is what is possible when we organize. So on our darkest days, I want you to remember, there can be a world that is better after this. (07:59–08:10)
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