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struggle4progress

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Fri Apr 2, 2021, 08:09 AM Apr 2021

A thought about giving water to people in long lines

Reports from last Fall indicate some voting lines in Georgia were eleven hours long

Civil disobedience could offer an effective response

‘They couldn’t arrest us all’

by Aamna Mohdin
Thu 10 Sep 2020 01.00 EDT

... she was arrested three times for demonstrating ... “I felt powerful and honoured to be a part of such a prestigious group of young people, who cut short their education to fight for others so that they could be free and become equal,” she says. “We are not quite there yet, but we’re going to get there” ...

... The key was always non-violence. “Our marches were peaceful. If any violence occurred, it was on the part of the other race. We had to be non-violent in order to accomplish our goals,” says Harris. Her voice is steady, strong and full of emotion. “Violence does not accomplish anything, it increases death.” She remembers a police officer pointing his gun at her at one protest. “We never knew what to expect; we didn’t know whether we would get shot or whether we would get beat up. That’s when the songs came into play, they kept me from being afraid” ...

... “I had a wonderful time in jail. We sang songs, we prayed and we had church. There were so many of us in there, so we didn’t have any sleeping quarters.” When she was let out, she would go home, have a shower and join the next protest.“They couldn’t arrest all of us. There were too many of us, so we didn’t stop” ...


Ain't gonna let no jailhouse turn me round

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