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“You Matter. Your Lives Matter. Your Dreams Matter”

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In our @MBK_Alliance town hall yesterday, I mentioned James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time. From 1962, it remains a seminal meditation on race by one of our greatest writers and relevant for understanding the pain and anger behind the protests. Excerpt: https://t.co/50F9ZP3JhQ
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 4, 2020

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Young Black men and women have always been at the forefront of progress. As @BarackObama said, "know that your lives matter, that your dreams matter." #ObamaTownHall pic.twitter.com/YQEM4fW0Py
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 3, 2020

"The way this young man died, watching the video, it made me so sad. It was so painful. It made me cry. I kept saying to myself, how many more? How many more young black men will be murdered? The madness must stop." — @RepJohnLewis on the death of George Floyd pic.twitter.com/tJ5mVfcmoZ
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) June 4, 2020

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