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On the recordMarch 1, 2004
Integration began in the Army. That is the first place. It was not the Interior Department or any other Department; it was the Army.
Said by
Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii
Source
congress.gov
Mar 1, 2004

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the history of integration and civil rights in the Army.

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