"Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.“

-Charles Rangel

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"The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way."

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"Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all."

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"I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society."

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"For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck' violates political science 101."

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"If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it."

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"I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me."

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