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On the recordJanuary 26, 1980
Thirty years ago this organization was formed with some very difficult tasks, but fairly clear tasks: to stop lynching, to permit black citizens to vote, and to let little black children go to school.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Remarks at the Annual Hubert H. Humphrey Award Dinner

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