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Michelle Obama. What's left to say that isn't better quoted in her own words? "It is a story that has unfolded across this country and across this continent, and also in my country — the story of young people ...who marched until their feet were raw, who endured beatings and bullets and decades behind bars, who risked, and sacrificed, everything they had for the freedom they deserved.

And it is because of them that we are able to gather here today. It is because of them that I stand before you as First Lady of the United States of America. That is the legacy of the independence generation, the freedom generation. And all of you are the heirs of that blood, sweat, sacrifice, and love.

So the question today is, what will you make of that inheritance? What legacy will you leave for your children and your grandchildren? What generation will you be?"

Excerpts from her keynote at Regina Mundi, Msowawa. Soweto--How Many Ways Do I LOVE Thee?

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