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One question we must consider today is how we can take action to unify our nation, heal racial division, end poverty and give real-life meaning to the constitutional mandate that there be equal protection under law.

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Edward Kennedy
Age: 77 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 22
Died: 2009
Died: August 25
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Massachusetts
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