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So much of the deep lingering sadness over President Kennedy's assassination is about the unfinished promise: unspoken speeches, unfulfilled hopes, the wondering about what might have been.

Marian Wright Edelman

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Marian Wright Edelman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 6
Activist
Lawyer
Writer
Bennettsville
South Carolina
Sadness
Lingering
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Assassination
Promise
Unspoken
Deep
Speeches
Wonder
Unfinished
President
Kennedy
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Wondering
Much
Hopes
Unfulfilled

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