I shall not be moved.
Our daughter is joining us on November 5, 2024, to vote,
We shall cast our vote for Vice President Harris,
Win or lose, we shall stand with love together.
If we win, then,
We shall do what my grandfather did,
hold her accountable.
If we lose, then,
We shall not run away,
We shall once again join the women in DC on inauguration day,
Standing up for our civil rights.
If Trump builds his detention centers,
If Trump turns the army on the people who opposed him,
If women are blocked from Reproductive health care,
If Trump's Supreme Court of shame,
Takes back LGBTQ rights,
Then, I should use my voice, my feet, and my body to block them.
I shall not be moved,
Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr,
Like Rosa Parks,
Like the Civil Rights Leaders of old,
I shall speak up,
Stand up,
March, and
Practice my right to assemble even under threat of arrest.
If they lock me in a cell,
Then I shall come right back out, and
Do it again,
If they arrest me 1000 times, then
So be it.
I will not flee our America,
I shall stay, and
Stand up for our rights.
Come what may,
Like a tree by the water,
I shall not be moved.
Dr. Jesse P. Turner
United to Save Our Schools
Badass Teacher
Just call me unmovable
If you like to listen to the tune that inspired my walk today, its Marva Staples singing "We Shall Not Be Moved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcDpmzQh3YU
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| Dr. Rev William Barber Jr at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama |
