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“June 19,1865 federal troops arrived in Galveston, TX, 2.5 years after the signing on the Emancipation Proclamation, to inform enslaved people that they were free. As we stand together in the fight for justice, we must embrace our history on this journey towards liberation.”
“We often have candidates and congressmen that become lobbyists and disappear on us…well @BetoORourke has never disappeared on us…in fact, he keeps reappearing when we need him.” @JimHightower
“It doesn’t matter if they give you a water bottle. What matters is that you can vote. Don’t let them convince you that it it’s too hard to vote”
- Sheriff Zena Stephens