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I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need to sit next to a white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that.
Clarence Thomas
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Clarence Thomas
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 23
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And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now.
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