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"We've begun to get justice"

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We’ve begun to get justice is a line that refuses the easy catharsis Americans like to package as “progress.” Charles Evers frames justice as a process that has finally started moving, not a trophy that’s been won. The verb begun matters: it’s modest, even cautious, but it’s also a claim of momentum. After generations of stalled cases, rigged courts, and political deals dressed up as reconciliation, “begun” is the sound of a door cracking open that was built to stay shut.

Evers, a civil rights activist from Mississippi and brother of Medgar Evers, speaks from a landscape where the law often functioned as theater: Black suffering was public, accountability was optional. In that context, justice is not an abstract ideal; it’s names, verdicts, juries, and whether the state will admit what it allowed. The phrasing carries a strategic restraint. It communicates hope without letting the system off the hook, and it avoids the trap of gratitude. He’s not thanking power; he’s marking a shift created by pressure, organizing, and persistence.

There’s subtext aimed at two audiences at once. To supporters: don’t confuse a breakthrough with a finish line. To institutions: we’re watching, and the era of impunity is being documented. It’s a sentence built for the long game, measured enough to be credible, sharp enough to be a warning. Justice, for Evers, isn’t a mood. It’s evidence.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Evers, Charles. (2026, January 15). We've begun to get justice. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/weve-begun-to-get-justice-167159/

Chicago Style
Evers, Charles. "We've begun to get justice." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/weve-begun-to-get-justice-167159/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"We've begun to get justice." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/weve-begun-to-get-justice-167159/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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Charles Evers

Charles Evers (September 11, 1922 - July 22, 2020) was a Activist from USA.

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