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Emanuel Cleaver: I wonder where all those people are who used to live on Capitol Hill, all gone.

On the recordApril 29, 2019
I wonder where all those people are who used to live on Capitol Hill, all gone.
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Reflecting on the displacement of Black residents in his neighborhood.

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