Famous quotes containing the words south and/or essex:
“...I always said if I lived to get grown and had a chance, I was going to try to get something for my mother and I was going to do something for the black man of the South if it would cost my life; I was determined to see that things were changed.”
—Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977)
“Well, it seems to me a scientist has need for both vision and confidence.”
—Harry Essex (b. 1910)