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It was an embarrassment for me to be there, and for somebody to celebrate it, oh my God. I want to go down in history, and have a bunch of things named after me, but believe me that ain't it.

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I considered myself engaged in a war from Day One. And my objective was to force the federal government - the Kennedy administration at that time, into a position where they would have to use the United States military force to enforce my rights as a citizen.

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I noticed in the hallway a black janitor and I wondered why he was standing there. And he had a mop under his arm. And as I passed him, he turned his body, twisted his body, and touched me with the mop handle. Now this delivered a message and the message was clear: We are looking after you while you are here,

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Be equal in reality.

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You gotta understand, the state of Mississippi was in rebellion. It had rebelled against the United States...Now that has been a very difficult story for America to tell, but that's what actually happened.

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