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“Men and women in my lifetime have died fighting for the right to vote: people like James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who were murdered while registering black voters in Mississippi in 1964, and Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1965 during the Selma march for voting rights.”

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Jeff Greenfield

Jeff Greenfield is an American journalist born on June 10, 1943. He has had a rich career in the news industry, covering a wide range of topics including politics and culture. more

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