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It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of protesters trekked through the heat, stretching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.

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Yvette Clarke
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 21
Politician
U.S. Representative
New York City
New York
Yvette Diane Clarke
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