Because when we all decide to do something, the world changes. That's how we got this nation. It's how my parents, at the age of 14, were able to fight for civil rights. My dad got arrested when he was 14 years old for registering black people to vote in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. And in a single generation, my grandfather, who was born to 25 years after the end of slavery, saw his daughter become the first person in their family. (59:01–59:08)
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Asserts that Stacey Abrams' father was arrested for voter registration activities in Mississippi.
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