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Andrew Young
United States Ambassador to the United Nations ( 1977 - 79 ) Mayor of Atlanta ( 1982 - 1990 ) U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia (1973 - 1977) Executive Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( 1964), Dr. Martin Luther King's colleague and friend, Negotiator during the Civil Rights campaigns in the South In person Interview at LBJ Library, Austin Jan 31st, 2013 |
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"when we had the civil rights act...the one thing that was left was voting rights"
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"go to Selma ...and deliberately violate this unjust ordinance ... that is what started the campaign on voting rights..."
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"When you vote, you have a voice, and your voice has to be heard"
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"put a couple of things in place, one was pre-clearance, so that you couldn't gerrymander districts..."
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