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[[People singing]]
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[[clapping]]
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{SILENCE}
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
I think all we should try is that all right cause its very Important
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see because this man was killed at voter registrations drive
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in a mi county Mississippi he was 52 years old and was trying to register voters he had a wife and 11 kids
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and they threatened to kill him and they still persisted to try and get Negros to register to vote
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and a state representative came up shot him cold blood
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and he was left lying there for about 2 hours before anybody came to attempt-the man who shot him of course was completely exonerated or got free
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and in Mississippi this song is very important
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and its also important of other places of the movement so I think that perhaps we ought to try to learn the song and sing it again
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and just want to rearrange some of the verses
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that one got in front of the other
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why don't we just say just say some of the words
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we've been Buked and we've been scorned Everybody
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I know some of the people can't sing but we can all say words.