Eyes On The Prize

K e e p Yo u r E y e s o n t h e P r i z e

Philippians 3:13-14

I Corinthians 4 : 1 2 & 1 3

…When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we entreat. We have become…the scum of the world…

C I V I L

R I G H T S

Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations…, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction…Let us have faith…Let us, to the end, dare to do our duty…

Abraham Lincoln

…Neither death nor life, nor angels nor

rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God…

Romans 8:37-39

“Go home, outsider, Mississippi's gonna be your buryin’ place.”

H e Wa s M y B r o t h e r

They found a bomb on the plane…It was a lot closer than I care to admit.

F r o m A l b a n y, W i t h H a t e

H E R O E S

destitute mocked

killed chained

sawn in two tormented

scourged

afflicted

stoned

H E B R E W S

O F F A I T H

Singing on his knees. …Praying and singing…The prisoners were listening… …Rejoicing they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name…They did not cease teaching… …Count it all joy…

I can’t die but once.

H A R R I E T

T U B M A N

…Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul…

M A T T H E W

1 0 : 2 8

For wherever your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 6:21

…Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

looking unto Jesus… Hebrews 12:1-2

K e e p Yo u r E y e s o n t h e P r i z e

We Shall Not Be Moved

K e e p Yo u r E y e s o n t h e P r i z e

We Shall Overcome

K e e p Yo u r E y e s o n t h e P r i z e

We Shall Rise

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Slide 1: Image © LIFE Slide 4: Quote from Lincoln’s address at Cooper Union February 27, 1860 Slide 5-7: Images © LIFE Slide 8: He Was My Brother ©1964 Columbia Records

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Slide 9: From Albany, With Hate © 1993 Harlan Ellison

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Slide 10: Images © LIFE Slide 14: Image by Courtney Francis Slide 16: Image by Nini Tjäder ©2002