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Jimmy Carter: Our Nation is theoretically a nation dedicated to equality of opportunity, to complete freedom, to the right of…

On the recordJanuary 14, 1980
Our Nation is theoretically a nation dedicated to equality of opportunity, to complete freedom, to the right of self-expression.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Remarks at the Signing Ceremony for the National Afro-American (Black) History Month Message

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