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Ink Mixed with Blood

“The ink in the pens that President Johnson used to sign the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act were mixed with blood,” Barber said from the pulpit, drawing the word blood into about four syllables. “Every taste of freedom we have came through the blood. Every ounce of equality came through the blood. And in the name of the blood of those who sacrificed, we ought to be fired up, and we ought to organize. We ought to register, and we ought to vote like never before.” The entire sanctuary jumped to its feet.

—Shifting Tactics, Moral Monday Movement Launches a New Freedom Summer

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civil rights act voting rights act william barber moral monday movement
Date
July 7, 2014
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