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Al Green: “Quite frankly speaking, it hasn't been since slavery. That is the last time there was full employment for black people.”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2018
Quite frankly speaking, it hasn't been since slavery. That is the last time there was full employment for black people.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Green highlights the historical lack of full employment for African Americans.

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