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ain't I a woman

AS FAR AS BALTIMORE."

WELL I STARTED THINKING, I LIVE HERE AND KNOWS THE PEOPLE. [[strikethrough]] AT MY AGE I FELT [[/strikethrough]] I COULD HELP, AT LEAST AT MY AGE, WITH THE VOTER REGISTRATION. [[strikethrough]] I LOOKED AT [[/strikethrough]] MY FARM [[strikethrough]] WHICH IS [[/strikethrough]] WAS ALL RUN, CORN OUT IN THE FIELD [[strikethrough]] LOOK SEEM LIKE IT [[/strikethrough]] WAS WEEPING, SO I STARTED [[strikethrough]] RIGHT DOWN [[/strikethrough]] FOLLOWING THE PATH WHERE DR. KING LEAD ME.

[[strikethrough]] WHEN I STARTED OUT [[/strikethrough]] I FEEL THAT WHITE PEOPLE ARE HUMAN BEINGS JUST LIKE EVERY BODY ELSE. THIS ASS WHIPPING AIN'T CHANGED [[strikethrough]] ME [[/strikethrough]] MY MIND.  BUT JUST LIKE DR KING SAY A WHOLE LOT OF REDEEMING HAS TO BE DONE.  WHEN I WALK OUT IN THE MORNIN'S I FEEL SOMETIMES [[strikethrough]] LIKE [[/strikethrough]] I'M WALKIN' THROUGH A WILDERNESS OF HATRED.  YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU AIN'T IN A CRAZY HOUSE.

MY FEET HURT BUT I'M GOIN' TO KEEP WALKIN'.  IN THIS WORLD YOU JUST GOT TO HAVE SOME GOAL YOU CAN REACH AND MY GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERY BLACK VOTER IN THIS COUNTY REGISTERED.  THEN I CAN SIT DOWN FOR A BIT AND REST MY FEET ——— 'TIL I FIND THE NEXT THING I CAN DO.

MY FATHER USE TO SAY:

"JIM IS ON ONE SIDE
TOM ON THE OTHER
YET JIM CAN'T SEE TOM"

WE HAS GOT TO SEE EACH OTHER AND THAT TAKES A LOT MORE THAN JUST LOOKING AT EACH OTHER...

MISTER LAWYER HOW SOON YOU THINK YOU CAN GET ME OUT OF THIS PLACE—— I GOT SO MUCH WORK TO DO.