They stood, they fought, they organized, they took back our government from the ultra rich, created Social Security, created the New Deal, beat fascism across the world In the 1960s, the segregationists had a choke hold on our government. But people like you didn't play dead. They stood, they fought, they marched, they bled until they passed the Voting Rights act and the Civil Rights act and created Medicaid and created Medicare and created Head Start. (30:40–30:44)
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Asserts that segregationists controlled the government in the 1960s.
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