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On the recordNovember 10, 1977
We have an obligation to them to redress longstanding grievances and to let the progress in the future mirror not just a degree which represents the progress of the rest of our Nation's educational society, but a much more rapid rate of progress to overcome some of the handicaps that have been inflicted upon these people in the past.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United Negro College Fund Remarks at a Meeting With Officials of the Fund

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