Bruce Gordon
Bruce Gordon
Bruce Gordonwas an American actor best known for playing gangster Frank Nitti in the ABC television series The Untouchables...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth1 February 1916
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If we had significant flooding down here, we'd have to shut the systems down.
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We strongly oppose the Nebraska law that divides the Omaha public schools along racial lines. The Supreme Court ruled those 52 years ago that separate but equal schools result in inequality and poor education for minority children. We will use every advocacy tool, including legal, at our disposal to fight this unconstitutional law.
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We start blowing the air through the facility to keep the temperature down, and it's worked. But it's not exactly what we should be doing. We should have backup AC systems and such.
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Roberts has demonstrated a commitment to reversing the historic civil rights gains of the past 40 years,
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Our nation's immigration policy must be consistent with humanitarian values and with the need to treat all individuals with respect and dignity.
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We're certainly trying to focus on voter empowerment.
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Today we know this country has changed forever because this one great unselfish woman kept her seat to defend all her rights,
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Not only is he diametrically opposed to all that the NAACP has worked for, but ... is intent on promoting his personal ideals and beliefs.
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They wanted to be sure they knew what we were thinking.
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We will now celebrate Coretta Scott King as though the civil rights movement is finished and the mission has been accomplished, but the work is not done. We should be very respectful of and encouraged by the substantial progress that has been made. But in no way, shape or form should we conclude that the civil rights mission is complete.
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We're worried about the voting rights of our people in New Orleans who are not, for the most part, in New Orleans. People should still have a say in what happens in the communities that were ravaged by Katrina.
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Rosa Parks served as an inspiration to generations of African-Americans and all people of good will. More than an icon, Mrs. Parks is symbolic of the thousands of courageous NAACP workers who fight for civil rights in their communities.
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I've seen the most dramatic change you can imagine in the past three years. Fly 30 miles in any direction in the Rocky Mountain West, and you see oil and gas drilling rigs and wells and the network of roads that accompany them. It's out of control.