He shrugs it off--because he knew the beatings and jailings were destined to come his way--once he and the other 11 students from Nashville had determined in 1961 to ride the buses together into Mississippi and Alabama. [Another person interviewed for the documentary noted that all 12 had written their own wills before leaving Nashville.]
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