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Alma Adams: “This legislation would make the sort of investments in these institutions to rectify over a century of systemic neglect.”

On the recordJune 15, 2021
This legislation would make the sort of investments in these institutions to rectify over a century of systemic neglect.
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Alma Adams
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Adams discusses the need for infrastructure investment in HBCUs due to historical neglect.

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