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ACRE PER ACRE IS GETTING MORE
COSTLY AND UNLESS CONDITIONS
CHANGE, THAT'S GOING TO
CONTINUE.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
>> NOW TO THE NATION'S CAPITOL.
CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS THERE
RETURNING TO A SPOT WHERE HE
SPOKE 50 YEARS AGO AT THE MARCH
ON WASHINGTON, NOW AGAIN AT THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
>> ASIAN AMERICAN OR NATIVE
AMERICAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHETHER WE'RE STRAIGHT OR GAY.
WE ARE ONE FAMILY, ONE PEOPLE,
ONE HOUSE.
WE ALL LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE.
SO, I SAID TO YOU, MY BROTHERS
AND SISTERS, WE CANNOT GIVE UP!
WE CANNOT GIVE OUT!
WE CANNOT GIVE IN.
WE MUST GET OUT THERE AND PUSH
AND PULL.
NOW, I, A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO,
ALMOST 48 YEARS AGO, ALMOST 50
YEARS AGO, I GAVE A LITTLE BLOOD
ON THAT BRIDGE IN SELMA,
ALABAMA, FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
I AM NOT GOING TO STAND BY AND
LET THE SUPREME COURT TAKE THE
RIGHT TO VOTE AWAY FROM US.
YOU CANNOT STAND BY.
YOU CANNOT SIT DOWN.
YOU'VE GOT TO STAND UP.
SPEAK UP.
SPEAK OUT.
AND GET IN THE WAY.
MAKE SOME NOISE.
THE VOTE IS PRECIOUS.
IT IS ALMOST SACRED.
IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL,
NONVIOLENT TOOL WE HAVE IN A
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY AND WE'VE GOT
TO USE IT.
BACK IN 1963, WE HADN'T HEARD OF
THE INTERNET.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A CELLULAR
TELEPHONE, iPAD, iPOD, BUT WE
USED WHAT WE HAD TO BRING ABOUT
A NONVIOLENT REVOLUTION AND I
SAID TO ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE,
YOU MUST GET OUT THERE AND PUSH
AND PULL AND MAKE AMERICA WHAT
AMERICA SHOULD BE.
FOR ALL OF US.
WE MUST SAY TO THE CONGRESS, FIX
THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
WE MUST SAY TO THE CONGRESS,
PASS COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION
REFORM.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT MANY
OF OUR PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THE
SHADOW.
BRING THEM OUT INTO LIGHT AND
SET THEM ON A PATH TO
CITIZENSHIP.
SO, HANG IN THERE.
KEEP THE FAITH.
I GOT ARRESTED 40 TIMES DURING
THE '60s.
BEATEN, BLOODY AND UNCONSCIOUS,
BUT I'M NOT TIRED, I'M NOT
WEARY, I'M NOT PREPARED TO SIT
DOWN AND GIVE UP.