I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away.
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- Author's profession: Activist
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 14, 1940
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