Bob Moses Conference Celebrates MacArthur Fellows 45

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Bob Moses Conference Celebrates MacArthur Fellows 45 *

"THE NECESSARY INGREDIENT FOR THE GAINS BORN OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1960'S WAS THE ORGANIZATION OF PEOPLE UPON WHOSE SHOULDERS THE PROBLEM OF SECOND CLASS CITIZENSHIP RESTED. IN MISSISSIPPI, THOSE SHOULDERS BELONGED TO AMZIE MOORE, EW STEPTOE, FANNIE LOU HAMER, AILEEN QUINN, VICTORIA GRAY, HARTMAN TURNBOW AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WHOSE NAMES NEVER MADE IT INTO THE BIN OF HISTORY. ADVOCACY IS IMPORTANT, HOWEVER, NOT UNTIL DAY WORKERS AND SHARECROPPERS RISKED THEIR LIVES BY CLIMBING THE COURTHOUSE STEPS, OR STUDENTS DEFIED SOUTHERN LAW AND CUSTOM BY SITTING IN THE FRONT OF THE BUS WAS FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE POSSIBLE. WILLIE SUTTON, FEATURED AMONG THE FBI'S MOST WANTED LIST WAS ASKED WHY HE ROBBED BANKS. SUTTON REPORTEDLY ANSWERED, "THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS". THE BOB MOSES FUND FOR EDUCATION AND ORGANIZING INVESTS IN LOCAL LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ___________IS.

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