Bill Clinton: “He fought the tyranny of racism, prosecuting civil rights cases in the…”

On the recordOctober 14, 1995

He fought the tyranny of racism, prosecuting civil rights cases in the South in the 1930's, long before it was popular anywhere in the United States.

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Remarks at the Dedication of the Thomas J. Dodd Archives and Research Center in Storrs, Connecticut

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