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On the recordMay 18, 2015
As a Member of Congress, I have stood on the streets of Detroit with a bullhorn and appealed for calm while my city burned around me in 1967.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers reflects on his past experiences during civil unrest in Detroit.

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