Carolina Quotes
Sometimes, you may have to die like Denmark Vesey to do that. Sometimes, you have to march, struggle and be unpopular to do that.
Clementa Pinckney Carolinian
Source
Remarks at Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, 2013; archived recording broadcast by NPR, June 19, 2015
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“Sometimes, you may have to die like Denmark Vesey to do that…” Clementa Pinckney. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-EE0D75D085. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/ee0d75d085
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