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On the recordJuly 11, 2004
African-Americans are ready to turn anger into action, to work for regime change here at home.
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Julian Bond
Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Bond expresses the NAACP's frustration with the Bush administration and calls for political action among African-Americans.

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