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FDR: “Tuskegee is a perfect setting for a hospital unit to care for infantile paralysis victims.”

On the recordJanuary 14, 1941
Tuskegee is a perfect setting for a hospital unit to care for infantile paralysis victims.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Statement at the Dedication of the Infantile Paralysis Unit at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

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