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Anthony G. Brown: “Widespread use of deferments... created a feeling that black Americans were disproportionately drafted and sent into…”

On the recordMay 18, 2021
Widespread use of deferments... created a feeling that black Americans were disproportionately drafted and sent into combat.
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Anthony G. Brown
Maryland

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Discussing the inequities in the draft system affecting black Americans.

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