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The Life, Legacy, and Lessons of a Civil Rights Giant "Justice is something every generation has to strive for." A trailblazer in the civil rights movement, John M. Perkins led voter registration efforts in 1964, worked for school desegregation in 1967, and was jailed and tortured in 1970. He is no less zealous today as he sees a new generation of freedom fighters battling the same issues...

and have a voice, where all people were given certain rights. America has failed to make that happen, but I have watched people try to carry it on. Martin Luther King Jr. certainly tried, desiring a nation where his four children could be considered based on their character rather than on their skin color. He knew this dream was deeply rooted in the American dream itself—the real American dream, that is—of liberty and justice for all. That dream is my dream too. I wish I could say that in my lifetime