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Came down to police brutality. we were demonstrating and marching, protesting in front of the different stores here in town for the right to be served at lunch counters. >> they used cattle prods, if you know what a cattle prod is, on us here in gaston. i still have burns and spots on my body today where they had stuck those cattle prods to me. >> the fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city. next week i shall ask the congress of the united states to act, to make a commitment that is not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in american life or ...

>> well, if you saw -- if you looked at -- when you see the people marching and you see the dogs and the hoses in alabama, you see children. and i was a child then. i did get a chance to march the last leg of the selma to montgomery march. but every weekend we were doing something. we were marching for to desegregate churches, lunch counters, schools. and that's the way it was. every weekend we would march. the children. the children would march. and they had some great sandwiches too. and i was a fat kid. and i loved marching for sandwiches. i'd like to tell you i was out there for justice an...

Came down to police brutality. we were demonstrating and marching, protesting in front of the different stores here in town for the right to be served at lunch counters. >> they used cattle prods, if you know what a cattle prod is, on us here in gaston. i still have burns and spots on my body today where they had stuck those cattle prods to me. >> the fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city. next week i shall ask the congress of the united states to act, to make a commitment that is not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in american life or ...

Montgomery march. but every weekend we were doing something. we were marching for to desegregate churches, lunch counters, schools. and that's the way it was. every weekend we would march. the children. the children would march. and they had some great sandwiches too. and i was a fat kid. and i loved marching for sandwiches. i'd like to tell you i was out there for justice and civil rights. but as a fat kid, i was really out there for the sandwiches. it was a great time. because our whole community came together. the whole community came together. and our parents didn't want to risk their jobs...

>> you know, you were only 12 years old that day. and do you remember what you were thinking about during the march? >> i do. i remember thinking, even before coming to the march, but i remember thinking how important it was, because living in -- growing up in detroit, michigan, i lived the dream that dr. king talked about. i lived in an integrated neighborhood. we rode the bus. my mother and i, she didn't drive. we ate at lunch counters. i went to an integrated church. so when i heard that people in the south couldn't do the things that i did, while i knew the constitution and the declaration...