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“All my life I've been involved with racial politics. I was a Freedom Rider in the South. I was the author of books on gang violence, I was a community organizer in Newark, New Jersey, and when I spoke to the Black Caucus, congressional and state, I realized they were going all the way for Hillary [Clinton] and so was the Latino caucus in Sacramento and I asked myself this question: "Do I really want to cast my vote against these people who have been central to my life and to the soul of the country?" And so I went with them. Period.”

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Tom Hayden, born on December 11, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, was a prominent American social activist. He was a leader in the student movement and anti-war movement of the 1960s, actively participating in the civil rights movement and peace movement. Hayden has had a wide-ranging impact in the fields of politics, education, and social justice. more

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