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What I knew was, for this to be a great city, it had to be a just city and that we had to begin with citizens who had not been a part of the governance before and had not felt like the government is for them.
Joseph P. Riley Jr. Carolinian
Source
Interview with Charlayne Hunter-Gault at Charleston City Hall, PBS NewsHour, June 24, 2015
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- Interview with Charlayne Hunter-Gault, PBS NewsHour
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- 2015
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