Kweisi Mfume
Kweisi Mfume
Kweisi Mfumeis the former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as well as a five-term Democratic Congressman from Maryland's 7th congressional district, serving in the 100th through 104th Congress. On September 12, 2006, he lost a primary campaign for the United States Senate seat that was being vacated by Maryland U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes...
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We have to measure the effect versus the intent, ... We are not trying to come up with remedies and cures. It's just discussion.
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first step towards racial reconciliation. It calls our attention to the need to be eternally vigilant.
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Mr. Fangman, you know that's not the case, ... And my name is pronounced Mfume, with all due respect.
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When the television-viewing public sits down to watch the new prime-time shows scheduled for this falls lineup,
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Two days ago, President Bush made his 30th visit to Pennsylvania. ... Yet he couldn't come to Pennsylvania to speak to us,
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To the casual onlooker, that said, 'Wait a minute, there really is a race here. There is something more here than what we've been hearing, which is: 'He can't win. He can't win.
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That letter was not responded to, ... We are hopeful for an answer.
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