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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, November 16, 2017:
Activist Karen Asper-Jordan speaks at a presentation commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the November 17, 1967 Citywide Black Student Walkout.
Read the resolution: bit.ly/CWBSW67
B
Good
afternoon,
everyone
and
I
want
to
thank
councilman
and
city
council
for
having
us
here
and
honoring.
Us
today
is
a
very
humbling
experience.
Fifty
years
ago.
Just
imagine
our
children
and
we
were
all
children,
then
going
to
demonstrate
for
equality
and
justice
for
schools
that
catered
to
our
needs,
and
that
was
education.
This
is
what
the
children
wanted
fifty
years
ago.
Why
are
we
still
fighting
for
the
same
thing
now.
B
Just
imagine
your
children,
many
had
never
been
in
a
demonstration
at
all
in
their
lives,
going
to
the
Board
of
Education
just
to
voice
their
concerns.
I
was
standing
a
few
feet
from
Rizzo.
Commissioner
is
a
an
old
fan.
Who
was
a
councilman?
Then
I
was
standing
on
the
side
and
I
heard
Earl
ban
plead
with
Rizzo
to
tell
him
not
to
attack
the
children.
B
Alvin
said
they're
only
children
reso
said
get
their
asses.
This
is
what
was
done
to
our
children.
Imagine
a
child
not
having
anything
to
fight
with
digging
up
dirt
out
of
the
ground
to
throw
to
defend
themselves
when
I
was
thrown
to
the
ground.
I
was
dragged
about
a
half
a
block
family
known
as
dick
trailer
mister
mgz.
While
they
were
dragging
me
by
the
front
door
of
the
Board
of
Education,
he
jumped
on
my
body
to
keep
them
from
dragging
me.
B
They
beat
him
with
those
black
jacks
unmercifully
I
want
to
thank
the
children,
know
that
you
are
our
future.
You
have
to
continue
the
fight
and
through
you
we
have
new
ideas
to
the
old
folks
and
us
included.
We
don't
know
everything
you
have
to
listen
to
these
children
they're,
the
ones
that
are
on
the
frontlines
in
these
schools.
They
know
what's
going
on,
our
children
are
our
best
and
future
commodity
in
this
world.
They
deserve
an
education
to
our
young
people
out
there
if
they
kept
education
from
the
enslaved
Africans.
B
This
is
a
question.
You
must
ask
yourself:
why
are
they
trying
to
keep
it
from
us
now,
right
to
our
older
staffs,
our
representatives
fight
for
these
children?
You
have
to
fight
it.
I
know.
Money
goes
a
long
way,
but,
as
I
said
before,
when
I
spoke
here
about
Cecil
be
more,
you
have
to
look
out
for
the
little
person
you
have
to
and
I.
Thank
you.