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On the recordJuly 14, 2015
And so I close with this reminder. I want everyone to know that there are hundreds of thousands of African-American successful contributors to this nation and the world who would not have achieved that success if they did not have that way out towards education, that the 1890s provided for us African-Americans.
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David Scott
Democratic · Georgia

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David Scott emphasizes the importance of education for African-Americans through 1890s land-grant colleges.

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