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Tom Harkin: Quality education is also the civil rights issue of our generation.

On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
Quality education is also the civil rights issue of our generation.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin asserts that education is crucial for achieving social justice.

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