I had to face reality - that I was just one person, and I wo... - James Meredith

"I had to face reality - that I was just one person, and I would have to accept gracefully the fact that I couldn't change everything overnight."

James Meredith Patience

Civil Rights Activist, Military American Born 1933 (age 93)

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