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Kweisi Mfume: “Let this capsule carry them forward to those Americans who open it next.”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2026
Let this capsule carry them forward to those Americans who open it next.
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Kweisi Mfume
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

On the significance of the time capsule.

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