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Martin Luther King Jr.:
[somberly yet passionately speaking to church congregation at a funeral]
Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson? Every white lawman who abuses the law to terrorize. Every white politician who feeds on prejudice and hatred. Every white preacher who preaches the Bible and stays silent before his white congregation. Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson? Every Negro man and woman who stands by without joining this fight as their brothers and sisters are brutalized, humiliated, and ripped from this Earth
[somberly yet passionately speaking to church congregation at a funeral]
Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson? Every white lawman who abuses the law to terrorize. Every white politician who feeds on prejudice and hatred. Every white preacher who preaches the Bible and stays silent before his white congregation. Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson? Every Negro man and woman who stands by without joining this fight as their brothers and sisters are brutalized, humiliated, and ripped from this Earth
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Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson
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Every white lawman who abuses the law to terrorize
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Every white politician
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who feeds on prejudice and hatred
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Every white preacher who preaches the Bible
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and stays silent before his white congregation
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Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson
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Every Negro man and woman who stands by without joining this fight
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as their brothers and sisters are humiliated
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brutalized and ripped from this earth
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Movie Summary
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
