[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
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  RECOGNITION OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

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                           HON. JULIA CARSON

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 24, 2004

  Ms. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, on the 40th anniversary of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, let those who lived through that time recall 
and celebrate its powerful role in changing our lives and the life of 
our Nation by sharing that knowledge with those who came after. As we 
do so, let us remember that a major impact of that law was to give 
strength to ordinary people so that they might do extraordinary things 
to change the way the nation worked, responding with smoother voices 
and firmer advocacy for the civil rights of everyone, bringing about a 
broad expansion of equal opportunity across the life of the nation.

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