The traditional farm, the peanuts, the cotton, the corn, is probably not the thing to do, because you're up against big farmers who can afford all the equipment to grow those kinds of crops. But we need healthy food. We're being encouraged to eat more vegetables. Our school systems are being encouraged to buy locally. So, we need farmers who can produce that food.
Given the way the system was, what could I do as I one person, other than devote my life to fighting to make it different? If I had allowed myself to… - Shirley Sherrod
Given the way the system was, what could I do as I one person, other than devote my life to fighting to make it different? If I had allowed myself to…
- Shirley Sherrod
I wish that somehow, some way we could learn to live together in this country. - Shirley Sherrod
I wish that somehow, some way we could learn to live together in this country.
When I look in the mirror I see someone who's aging now, and someone who kept a commitment made many, many years ago, and who today is trying to be a… - Shirley Sherrod
When I look in the mirror I see someone who's aging now, and someone who kept a commitment made many, many years ago, and who today is trying to be a…
I grew up on a farm and, prior to my father's murder, I wanted to get away from the farm, and away from South Georgia where the Jim Crow laws absolut… - Shirley Sherrod
I grew up on a farm and, prior to my father's murder, I wanted to get away from the farm, and away from South Georgia where the Jim Crow laws absolut…
I want the world to know that Shirley Sherrod is someone who is committed to helping others. I love people, and I love doing things that make a diffe… - Shirley Sherrod
I want the world to know that Shirley Sherrod is someone who is committed to helping others. I love people, and I love doing things that make a diffe…
I am just a pawn. I was just here. They are after a bigger thing, they would love to take us back to where we were many years ago. Back to where blac… - Shirley Sherrod
I am just a pawn. I was just here. They are after a bigger thing, they would love to take us back to where we were many years ago. Back to where blac…
You can't give up. Sometimes you get knocked down, but you have to get back up, fighting. You have to think about the others who come behind you as w… - Shirley Sherrod
You can't give up. Sometimes you get knocked down, but you have to get back up, fighting. You have to think about the others who come behind you as w…
I love helping other people. When I made a commitment to stay in the South, to work for change, it meant devoting my life to working for and helping … - Shirley Sherrod
I love helping other people. When I made a commitment to stay in the South, to work for change, it meant devoting my life to working for and helping …
If you're in government service for the money, then you'll do what you have to do to survive. But if you're in it to do the right thing, then it migh… - Shirley Sherrod
If you're in government service for the money, then you'll do what you have to do to survive. But if you're in it to do the right thing, then it migh…
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