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Jim Clyburn: “He helped make real the possibility of our Nation's first African American President--and first African American…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
He helped make real the possibility of our Nation's first African American President--and first African American Attorney General.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Clyburn acknowledges Payne's role in paving the way for African American leaders.

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