On the recordMay 2, 2011
They showed that people working together across backgrounds and boundaries could hold America accountable to our highest ideals and bend the arc of history towards justice.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“They showed that people working together across backgrounds and boundaries could hold America accountable to our highest ideals and bend the arc of history towards justice.”
Proclamation 8668—50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides
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