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Mark Warner: “If the Supreme Court had not chosen Kansas as the place, the…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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So Barbara Johns led that walkout that led into the case that we've talked about. Matter of fact, If the Supreme Court had not chosen Kansas as the place, the Brown decision might have been known as the Davis decision. I can't think of a more fitting Virginia hero, but also a more fitting American hero than Barbara Rose Johns. Been a long journey. (01:02–01:10)

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