Carrie P. Meek ✓

(1926–2021) politician United States

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[Wikidata] American politician and educator (1926–2021)... | [Wikipedia] Carrie Mae Meek was the United States representative for Florida's 17th congressional district. She was the first African American since the Reconstruction era elected to represent Florida in the United States Congress. An educator, legislator, stateswoman and a member of the Democratic Party, she s

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• We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well. Caring
• Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we'll never break the cycle… All
• You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest. Abandonment
• If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life… Children
• Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars. Aids
• America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something,… America
• If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place. Crime
• Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got… All
• You see, you can't put joblessness in a jail cell. Cell

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