Andrew Goodman
1943 - 1964
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Quotes
Biography
Andrew Goodman was an American civil rights activist who was tragically murdered while participating in Freedom Summer, a 1964 voter registration drive in Mississippi. Alongside James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, Goodman was targeted by the Ku Klux Klan and local law enforcement, leading to their disappearance and subsequent discovery of their bodies. Goodman's death mobilized national support for the Civil Rights Movement and highlighted the dangers faced by activists in the fight against racial segregation.
Famous Quotes (5)
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I realize that we must break our accustomed habits or we will die as a nation.
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Violence is not the way to vindicate anyone's rights.
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Freedom has never been free.
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I came here because injustice is here.
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The importance of the struggle is that we have tried to transform this society into a truly democratic one. One in which every person will have an even break.