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I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local and national elections.
Edward Brooke
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Edward Brooke
Age: 95 †
Born: 1919
Born: October 26
Died: 2015
Died: January 3
Former United States Senator
Lawyer
Massachusetts Attorney General
Politician
Washington
District of Columbia
Edward William Brooke
III
Edward William Brooke III
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Spent
Elections
Still
Election
Sophisticated
Many
National
Voting
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Voters
Rights
Locals
Working
Officials
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Black
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Disenfranchise
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