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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
Charlie is that. Charlie could not get an appointment to Annapolis in South Carolina in 1964 because of the politics of segregation.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Nelson recounts Bolden's struggle against segregation to attend Annapolis.

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