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Jimmy Carter: Preserving some of these sites that were a part of these two great historic movements to free the slaves and the…

On the recordOctober 9, 1980
Preserving some of these sites that were a part of these two great historic movements to free the slaves and the American civil rights movement in this century will help present and future generations appreciate not only the events of the past but the principles and dreams that gave these movements power.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Remarks on Signing Into Law Bills Establishing the Martin Luther King, Junior, and Boston African American National Historic...

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