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Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me.
Everett Dirksen
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Everett Dirksen
Age: 73 †
Born: 1896
Born: January 4
Died: 1969
Died: September 7
Commissioner
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Former U.S. Senator
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Pekin
Illinois
Everett M. Dirksen
Everett Dirksen
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