I don't think my grandmother ...

I don't think my grandmother would ever be convinced, but my family was convinced that I was convinced, and actually, they came around. My mother ended up going to fundraisers in Chicago that were raising money to send to the students in the South and actually, over years, she went to an elevated train bus station one day at 6:00 a.m. to hand out leaflets protesting the war.
 Diane Nash

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Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders.
 Diane Nash