So much of the deep lingering sadness over President Kennedy's assassi…

Marian Wright Edelman
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So much of the deep lingering sadness over President Kennedy's assassination is about the unfinished promise: unspoken speeches, unfulfilled hopes, the wondering about what might have been. ✨ Ask What You Can Do For Your Country by Marian Wright Edelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 22, 2013.
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So much of the deep lingering sadness over President Kennedy's assassination is about the unfinished promise: unspoken speeches, unfulfilled hopes, the wondering about what might have been. ✨ Ask What You Can Do For Your Country by Marian Wright Edelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 22, 2013.

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