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He had the feeling that I had nothing to fear, that life in all of its monstrous writhing

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was nothing at all to worry about, rather something to banter with, something to challenge.

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I felt myself moving, but simultaneously I was being pushed as Josie squeezed past me.

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My hand automatically went into hers, and we walked up to the front of the church.

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Lord, have mercy.

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I heard one of the preachers say, Look at our children.

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They know what they want.

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They know they want their freedom.

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More children came forward, including Lamar, until among the twenty or so volunteers stood

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ten children.

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Reverend King spoke very sympathetically to us.

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He said he deeply appreciated our willingness to suffer for our freedom.

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He hoped that our shining examples would inspire our parents and to our noble cause.

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But, he said, we should take our seats.

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The cause was important, but it wasn't so desperate as to send children to jail.