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Alvin Sykes

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Quotes by Alvin Sykes

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Already around the world, Philadelphia means something different than it did a month ago. You see it as a beacon of hope for truth and justice.
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The FBI originally thought he was one of the three.
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The Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act that is before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives has been doubled from $5 million to $10 million, $5 million for the FBI and $5 million for the Justice Department.
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At our request, we have asked the federal government to create a unit on unsolved Civil Rights murders before 1970, which is why we must care. There are those who believe that since the two men are dead that it should be left alone, why dredge up the past, that attitudes are better.
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The reason it did not pass the first time around had nothing to do with the merits.
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Like it was, wow, this woman has spent the equivalent of my lifetime pursuing this one thing.
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Our whole objective was to have the FBI come in and lead an investigation. We will know the truth.
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Joyce Chiles made this a real investigation with real consequences.
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If it was good enough for Kennedy, and it was good enough for King, it was good enough for Emmett Till.
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I did not know there were people you could go to for help.
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