Bill Clinton: “Americans whose parents were denied the rights of citizenship simply…”

On the recordJune 12, 1998

Americans whose parents were denied the rights of citizenship simply because of the color of their skin must not deny those rights to others.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Commencement Address at Portland State University in Portland

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