On the recordNovember 22, 2014
Marion was born a sharecropper's son, came of age during the civil rights movement, and became a fixture in DC politics for decades.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“Marion was born a sharecropper's son, came of age during the civil rights movement, and became a fixture in DC politics for decades.”
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