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“Has he paid his dues? Is he black enough? John Lewis and I were out there marching and organizing sit-ins back in the '60s so that his children and my children would not have to do it. We would have been failures if had to do the same things we did.”

Quote by Jim Clyburn

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Jim Clyburn is an American politician born on July 21, 1940. Since 1983, he has served as a U.S. Representative for South Carolina and is one of the leaders of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives. Clyburn has been actively involved in legislative work on civil rights, economic, and social policies in Congress. more

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