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Sherrod Brown: “What Mansfield did--Mansfield, OH, a city of about 50,000--they had two zip codes, one predominantly Appalachian white…”

On the recordMay 13, 2015
What Mansfield did--Mansfield, OH, a city of about 50,000--they had two zip codes, one predominantly Appalachian white, one predominantly African-American, where they had very high low-birth-weight baby rates.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Describing a successful community outreach program in Mansfield, Ohio.

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