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David Roe: “I may be the only person sitting up here that graduated from high school in the segregated school system in the rural…”

On the recordApril 29, 2019
I may be the only person sitting up here that graduated from high school in the segregated school system in the rural South.
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David Roe
Republican · Vermont

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Roe reflects on his experience in a segregated school system.

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