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The future of the Black Lives Matter movement, according to Khan, lies in activists making \"ourselves so much bigger and so much more\" and \"irresistible\" in calls for change.

\"I believe that change is possible and I believe that on the other side of courage and compassion is a life,\" Khan said. \"The fight that I'm fighting for is really people to have that right to just a kind of life. A kind of quality in life. A kind of security in life. A kind of joy in life. That's it.\"

For more conversation with Khan, tune into \"Soul of a Nation\" on Tuesday, March 9, at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT, on ABC.

ABC News' Bill Hutchinson and Gentrix Shanga contributed to this report.

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