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John Yarmuth: “One of the things that the civil rights movement, I think, taught us was that individual morality is not enough.”

On the recordJune 18, 2019
One of the things that the civil rights movement, I think, taught us was that individual morality is not enough.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Yarmuth emphasizes the importance of collective action beyond individual morality learned from the civil rights movement.

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