Stacy Torian

44 reasons why I vote

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Aunt Ila.

Uncle Roosevelt.

Ella Baker.

Angela Davis.

Harriet Tubman.

Barbara Jordan.

Fannie Lou Hamer.

Diane Nash.

Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair.

Viola Liuzzo.

My grandfather.

My parents.

Freedom Schools.

John Lewis.

Medgar Evers.

Sojourner Truth.

Mickey Michaux.

The Little Rock Nine.

James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.

Nelson Mandela.

Ida B. Wells.

Stephen Biko.

David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), and Joe McNeil.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Robert (“Bob”) Moses.

Bayard Rustin.

Emmett Till.

Edited on 11/01/2020