Bill Clinton: “Ultimately, the lesson of the civil rights movement was that what…”

On the recordApril 13, 2000

Ultimately, the lesson of the civil rights movement was that what freed us is that the people who were oppressed—not that they got legal rights.

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Remarks at a Dinner for Representative John Lewis in Atlanta

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