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James Traficant: “Without a doubt Howard University has produced an awful lot of fine graduates. I would just like to associate myself…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 1998
Without a doubt Howard University has produced an awful lot of fine graduates. I would just like to associate myself with all the remarks made, but I would like to steal a quote from FDR, when he talked about a day that would live in infamy. I would like to talk about a legal case that will literally live in infamy, the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case. That case handled by our great Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. The bottom line, racial segregation in the United States public schools was declared unconstitutional by the efforts of that legal case in 1954 that lives in infamy. I want to commend the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gilman) for this legislation. It is absolutely appropriate. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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Discussing the significance of the Brown v. Board of Education case during a speech.

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