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Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward.

Julianne Malveaux

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Julianne Malveaux
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 22
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San Francisco County
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Julianne Marie Malveaux
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