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- Well, when I first met Martin,

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we were playing Cub Scout
football here in the backyard,

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I was about seven years of age,

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but when the game was over,

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my mother introduced
us to Ralph Abernathy,

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and to Fred Shuttlesworth,
and to Andy Young,

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and, of course, to Martin.

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Martin asked me to
call him Uncle Mike.

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This was a place
of privacy for him.

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It was a place
where he could rest,

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where he could walk around
without his shoes on.

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[gentle music]

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And as time passed and the
news reels began to play,

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and I could see the effect of
the conversations held here,

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starting to reach the nation

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and then on to the world,

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it was almost awe-inspiring,
to tell you the truth,

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I did not realize that these
men were changing the world.

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[gentle music]