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Maxine Waters: “I have been troubled about aiding the Black banks, trying to save them...”

On the recordJuly 8, 2009
I have been troubled about aiding the Black banks, trying to save them...
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters expresses concern for the survival of Black banks and their challenges.

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