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My heroes in life were Dr. Martin Luther King, and Robert F. Kennedy,
我生命中的英雄是馬丁·路德·金博士和羅伯特·肯尼迪，
who had fought against the very things that Wallace stood for.
他們與華萊士的立場針鋒相對。
Keep in mind, that I grew up, or, when I grew up,
你需要知道的是，成長的過程中，
I grew up in a place where King and Kennedy were not exactly held in high esteem.
我是在一個金和肯尼迪并不備受尊敬的地方長大。
When I was a kid, the South was still coming to grips with its history.
當我還是個孩子的時候，南方仍然對其歷史緊抓不舍。
My textbooks even said the Civil War was about states' rights. They barely mentioned slavery.
我的課本里甚至說內戰關乎國家權利。它們幾乎沒有提及奴隸制。
So I had to figure out for myself what was right and true.
所以我不得不為自己找出什么是正確的和真實的。
It was a search. It was a process.
這是一種找尋，一個過程。
It drew on the moral sense that I'd learned from my parents, and in church, and in my own heart,
它汲取了我從我的父母、教堂和在我的內心習得的道德觀念，
and led me on my own journey of discovery.
引領我走上了自己的發現之旅。
I found books in the public library that they probably didn't know they had.
我發現了一些在公共圖書館可能不為人知的書。
They all pointed to the fact that Wallace was wrong.
它們都指出了一個事實：華萊士是錯誤的。
That injustices like segregation had no place in our world. That equality is a right.
在我們的世界不應存在不公和種族隔離。平等是一種權利。
As I said, I was only 16 when I met Governor Wallace, so I shook his hand as we were expected to do.
就像我說的，我遇見華萊士州長的時候只有16歲，所以我按照期望的那樣與他握了手。
But shaking his hand felt like a betrayal of my own beliefs.
但是與他握手感覺像是背叛了自己的信仰。
It felt wrong. Like I was selling a piece of my soul.
那感覺很不對勁。就像出賣了一部分自己的靈魂。
