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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo]. Directed by Sergio Leone, Produzioni Europee Associati/Constantin Film, 1966.

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Malcolm X. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley. Grove Press, 1965.

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Malcolm X. "The Ballot or the Bullet." 29 Mar. 1964, Audubon Ballroom, Washington Heights, NY, USA.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." 16 Apr. 1963.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963)." A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, edited by James M. Washington. HarperOne, 2003.

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The Sound of Music. Directed by Robert Wise, Argyle Enterprises, 1965.

I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.

Rosa Parks

Regarding the day in 1955 on which Ms. Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus for a white man. Widely considered the beginning of the US Civil Rights movement.

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Parks, Rosa. Quoted in Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, written by David Garrow. William Morrow, 1988, ch. 1.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo]. Directed by Sergio Leone, Produzioni Europee Associati/Constantin Film, 1966.

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The Graduate. Directed by Mike Nichols, Lawrence Truman Productions, 1967.

And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make.

The Beatles

The End

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Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. "The End." Performed by the Beatles. Abbey Road. Apple Records, 1969.

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Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

Fidel Castro

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Castro, Fidel. Discurso Pronunciado por El Comandante Fidel Castro Ruz, Primer Ministro De Gobierno Revolucionario [Speech on the Second Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution]. 2 Jan. 1961, Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba.

The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.

Barack Obama

Quoting Martin Luther King, Jr., who likely was paraphrasing a quote by Theodore Parker in 1853.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Keep Moving From This Mountain." 25 Feb. 1965, Temple Israel of Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." 16 Apr. 1963.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963)." A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, edited by James M. Washington. HarperOne, 2003.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." 16 Apr. 1963.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963)." A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, edited by James M. Washington. HarperOne, 2003.

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My Fair Lady. Directed by George Cukor. Warner Bros., 1964.

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Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty four?

The Beatles

When I'm Sixty Four

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Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. "When I'm Sixty Four." Performed by The Beatles. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Parlophone Records/Capitol Records, 1967.

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Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

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Malcolm X. "The Ballot or the Bullet." 3 Apr. 1964, Cory Methodist Church, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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Malcolm X. "The Ballot or the Bullet." Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements, edited by George Breitman. Grove Press, 1994.

I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.

Jimi Hendrix

If 6 Was 9

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Hendrix, Jimi. "If 6 Was 9." Performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Axis: Bold as Love. Track Records, 1967.