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Jesse Jackson: “It really should be a mosaic, a multicultural mosaic.”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2006
It really should be a mosaic, a multicultural mosaic.
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Jesse Jackson

Editor's note · Context

Reverend Jackson argues that New Orleans should be a diverse city rather than predominantly African-American.

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