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Barack Obama: The Freedom Riders sent a resounding message to the rest of our Nation that desegregation was a moral imperative.

On the recordMay 2, 2011
The Freedom Riders sent a resounding message to the rest of our Nation that desegregation was a moral imperative.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 8668—50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides

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