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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
Now we need somebody for WXYZ or W and then Y - 'Cause it's not too many, No..You ma'am, c'mon, you can do something, yes ma'am, yes ma'am, W.
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
Want somebody else for Y. One more person for Y, yes ma'am, come on down and give em' your name and address.
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
That's alright, we don't need anybody for Z. It's not too many Zs, come on down. Negroes don't have Zs in their names.
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
That's, that's what I'm sayin'. I'm gonna do that too. But I wanna get there specifically. I wanna make sure that we have some people that we can call to have responsibility. Now see? I think it's a shame.
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
Alright, just let's have it quiet, please. Now I'm tellin' you now, we not out here bustin' our guts for nothin', excuse the expression. But now we got to have some people down at that courthouse Monday morning.
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
Because you know, we out at these mass meetings, we applauding these children and we singing these songs but we have got to be down at that courthouse Monday Morning.
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
Now let's just have it quiet and do that quietly. Now everybody else who has assignment I understand Reverend, Mr.Doyle and Reverend Reese has made assignments for people to call from "A" to "M" and from "N" to "Z". Now those people go ahead with those assignments.
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
And call them 'cause we not going to catch them all at home at one time and more than that it's not going to hurt for people to be called twice. Now as I say, you know every woman, every negro woman 'cause they don't have "Mrs." behind her name.
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
And all these people know Selma and you know that negro neighborhood. Now in addition to that, you children, go home! Go home, how many kids got phones? Raise your hands.
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
Alright now, the kids go home, and tomorrow afternoon, get on the phone and say, you know, tell the person, now I'm calling you.
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
Just take as many as you can, you know. Alright, raise your hands. I'll tell you what we do..how many, this side a'here, everybody over here, take from "A" to "N".
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{SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
The children in here now take from "M" to "Z". And call them and say, you know, tell them, "the children have been going to jail for the right to vote. And we want you to go down and be at the courthouse Monday morning." Isn't anybody out here, in here from Orrville or Bogue Chitto?
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