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On the recordFebruary 11, 1963
In freeing themselves, the Negroes have enlarged the freedoms of all Americans.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Receiving Civil Rights Commission Report Freedom to the Free

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