Simone de Beauvoir

"That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing."

-- Simone de Beauvoir, French author.
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Susan Sontag

"Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims." -- Susan Sontag, American author and political activist.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964

The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, outlawed racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment. The bill was conceived to help African Americans and was amended prior to passage to also protect women. The Act was also responsible for the creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Marie Curie

"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."

-- Marie Curie, Physicist.
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The Audacity of Hope

Barak Obama’s “The Audacity of Hope” speech delivered on this date at the 2004 Democratic National Convention set the stage for his amazing presidential victory four years later. The keynote speech was a coming out party for the less-known U.S. Senator candidate from Hawaii. The seminal event spawned what many political and media commentators would call the “Obama phenomenon.”
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President Truman

On this day in 1948, President Truman signed an Executive Order stating: "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." The order also created the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services.
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Edward Kennedy

"Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right."

-- Edward Kennedy, United States Senator.
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