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Civil rights Quote by Bill Ayers

“I was a good liberal in some sense at that point. I wanted to end a war. I wanted to support the civil rights movement.” quote by Bill Ayers — Download Open image

“I was a good liberal in some sense at that point. I wanted to end a war. I wanted to support the civil rights movement.”

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