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If I hadn't been so outspoken, Jimmy Carter wouldn't have wanted me.

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Andrew Young
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: March 12
Diplomat
Film Producer
Former Mayor Of Atlanta
Human Rights Activist
Peace Activist
Politician
Writer
New Orleans
Louisiana
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Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life.
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Some kind of affirmative action is important in a democracy and for economic competitiveness and national security. The Army was the first to realize that you had to have desegregation of a military to have it working properly.
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We were trying to transform America, not triumph over white folk.
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Slavery didnt break up the black families as much as liberal welfare rules.
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There is a happy land, Far, far away, Where Saints in glory stand, Bright, bright as day.
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