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California U.S. Rep Barbara Lee: "Today, a statue of a Confederate general was replaced with a Black woman civil rights activist and..."

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Barbara Lee tweeted the following:

"Today, a statue of a Confederate general was replaced with a Black woman civil rights activist and daughter of former enslaved persons.
A passionate educator and powerful political advisor, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was a champion of racial and gender equity."
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Here are other recent tweets from Barbara Lee:

"My mother, who knew her and shared incredible stories with me about her, would be so proud to see her legacy honored in the Capitol."
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"Prof. Bridges is completely right. Over 250 trans & non-gender conforming people in the US have been killed since 2013 (that we know of), & that number is disproportionately Black trans women.
Proud of this CA-13 constituent for shutting down this harmful line of questioning. twitter.com/therecount/sta"
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"Birth control should be available over the counterperiod. nytimes.com/2022/07/11/us/" on July 12
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