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“This is what I carry in me every day as a leader. I carry that I truly am the hope of the slave.”

Keisha Lance Bottoms Mayor (D), City of Atlanta
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Batiste 2020

“Music is a continuum and also represents the greatest ideals of democracy.”

Jon Batiste ​Musician
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John Lewis Gwen Ifill 2014 AIF

“You must never, ever give up. You must never, ever give in or get lost in a sea of despair.”

John Lewis Congressman, Georgia's 5th District (D), US House of Representatives;...
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“Contact tracing is one element of a multi-faceted response to control. It isn’t the only one, but it’s an important one.”

Anthony Fauci Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Madeleine Albright 2018

“Diplomacy has to be something that is within a strategy and is planned.”

Madeleine K. Albright ​Chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group
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Alicia Garza 2019

“While this is an incredible moment of uprising and an incredible moment of reckoning, I really long for this to also be a moment for change.”

Alicia Garza Founder of Black Futures Lab and Black Lives Matter
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Principal of Cultural Assets Management, Bloomberg Associates; Head, Arts Program, Bloomberg Philanthropies

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Editor in Chief, WIRED

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Chair, Fair Fight Action; Former Minority Leader, Georgia House of Representatives

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