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Having Stood By Her Man

When the bricks were being thrown in the windows when the cross were being burnt on the front lawn when irate callers called in the middle of the night with threats ans racial slurs she stood by her man When Reverend King preached from the pulpit when he gave speeches in front of crowds when the sit-ins were demonstrated when the police locked Dr. King in jail she stood by her man as the water sprayed form the water hose at full blast during the speech "Free At Last" conveying the message about the Promised Land when her husband raised his hand Coretta Scott stood by her man

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