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Barack Obama: “We will never forget the men, women, and children who took extraordinary risks in order to make our country more fair…”

On the recordMay 15, 2014
We will never forget the men, women, and children who took extraordinary risks in order to make our country more fair and more free.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Statement on the 60th Anniversary of the Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education

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