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G. K. Butterfield: “That black children, African American children, have higher rates of disease.”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2016
That black children, African American children, have higher rates of disease.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Inquiring about the prevalence of sickle cell disease among African American children.

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