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Robert C. Byrd: “I have no objection to those individuals who wish to rent or lease or sell to a person of a different color or of a…”

On the recordMarch 4, 1968
I have no objection to those individuals who wish to rent or lease or sell to a person of a different color or of a different religion or of a different race. I only maintain that they have a right to sell and use and rent their property as they see fit.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Mar 4, 1968

Editor's note · Context

Debating open housing provisions and the rights of property owners.

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