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On the recordMay 16, 2022
Today is May 17. It may not mean anything to anybody in the room but me, but it was 68 years ago today--I remember exactly where I was--when the Supreme Court handed down its 1954 Brown decision.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

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Clyburn reflects on the significance of the Brown v. Board of Education decision's anniversary.

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