The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything.
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Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.
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I was very productive as a senator for my state.
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Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote.
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New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party.
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