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Cory Booker: “We didn't get abolition because a bunch of folks in…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Put your hands in. Suffrage on three. All right? No, we got it because people worked for it and marched for it. We didn't get abolition because a bunch of folks in Washington decided on it. We got it because a bunch of people came together, sometimes in fear, sometimes in barnyards. They plotted the greatest infrastructure project our country has ever known. The Underground Railroad. (15:44–15:50)

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Asserts that abolition was achieved through grassroots efforts, not solely by government decision.

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