I Think The Civil Rights Movement Changed That Trajectory For Me. The First Thing I Did Was Leave School. I Was Suspended For My Participation In Movement Demonstrations In My Hometown, December, 1961. - SearchQuotes

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I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961.

Bernice Johnson Reagon

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