It is tempting to believe that our problems are particular and that our situation is unprecedented. I've come to say to you this morning we have been here before. But our journey also teaches us that endurance is not enough. Listen: we do not sing, we shall endure; we sing,“We shall overcome.”

—Vernon Jordan, 1935-2021, speaking at Howard University in April of 2017, from a remembrance on the PBS Newshour