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.
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Remarks at the Annual Hubert H. Humphrey Award Dinner
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We look on human rights as an ability to live in peace. And to believe that your future will be better than your past might be.
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Our great nation now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss. Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.
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