9:16pm July 17, 2014

““Some of us think that if we become superhuman, they’ll accept us as merely human. This is why I say it is time to take back our heroism. It won’t be easy.

“There will always be some Jerry Lewis out there trying to force us back into our tragic but brave prisons. Or some Kevorkian trying to force us into a bravely suffered for so long grave. We can’t let them do this to us. It flies in the face of everything we have learned about ourselves as a people.

“Risking our bodies, our jobs, or just social embarrassment to defend our civil and human rights is bravery. Stopping traffic on an Atlanta highway in the battle to free our people from institutions is heroism.

“When the most oppressed of our citizens becomes powerful in defense of our rights, that’s inspirational.””

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