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Summer Lee: “Threats against historically Black institutions are attacks on the core freedoms promised to all American citizens.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2022
Threats against historically Black institutions are attacks on the core freedoms promised to all American citizens.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Jackson Lee emphasizes that threats to Black institutions undermine fundamental freedoms.

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