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never mind threats of violence


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All right Spires were down the last That's twelve twelve

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and then we're done Okay never mind threats of violence

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So where's that comes Very last line of the whole

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work here but skim down to it Even though james

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meredith is not as well known as some other civil

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rights figures he was a hero in the battle against

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racial discrimination and segregation in the us he played a

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major role in the desegregation of publicly funded state universities

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and encouraged blacks to exercise their right to vote Nevermind

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threats of violence by white supremacists Okay we're missing a

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few things here in this one So here the author

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is trying to say that meredith encourage blacks to vote

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even in the face of threats of violence It's doubtful

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that meredith told black to ignore or never mind the

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threats of violence Yes to get rid of d n

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a There since violence was an incredibly serious and very

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real threat Instead he told them to vote despite the

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threats of violence like seat that's the answer In other

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words he recommended that they proceed without being influenced by

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the threats of violence and be tough guys like him

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like being shot and continue to march in protest So

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yeah well here's to you james Meredith you rock the 00:01:24.113 --> [endTime] answer here see Yeah

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