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Bonnie Watson Coleman: I did not ever have the pleasure and honor of meeting her in person, but I remember watching television during that…

On the recordOctober 3, 2017
I did not ever have the pleasure and honor of meeting her in person, but I remember watching television during that Democratic National Convention, which was taking place in my home State in the great city of Atlantic City. I remember the conscious bearing energy that evolved around all of that activity, and it made me very proud. And I would say that, indeed, Fannie Lou Hamer's work has not gone, has not been in vain. But she also is smiling down knowing that what she started, you are continuing on, and that you are serving in the very district that she loved enough to fight for way back when. It is my honor to know you, and to know that you have been touched by her. So that means that with less than 6 degrees of separation, I have been touched by her, and that is my blessing.
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
Democratic · New Jersey
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Oct 3, 2017

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