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Edward M. Kennedy: “We're going to come back. As you know, you know, it took for Africans-Americans, for gay Americans, for women, the…”

On the recordDecember 5, 2012
We're going to come back. As you know, you know, it took for Africans-Americans, for gay Americans, for women, the struggle for equal rights and justice took many, many years and so, too, it is in the disability rights movement.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts

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Kennedy expresses determination to continue advocating for disability rights.

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