❝ Monologues · 4 lines · B2

I was close with the Evers brothers.

The cardinal's civil-rights story · Spotlight (2015)

 

I was close with the Evers brothers.

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We took a stand on civil rights.

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Why it's worth practising

Four beats: closeness, a stand, then being hated. He boasts, and plants the outsider's bruise first.

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