Nnamdi, Kojo Norton, Eleanor Holmes

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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton discusses voting rights for the District of Columbia as well as the challenges working in the U.S. Congress, her work trying to create in-state tuition rates for D.C. residents to any college and university across the country, and her experiences growing up in D.C. and the increased opportunities she has seen in the area over the years for African Americans. She also recollects her interesting experience defending George Wallace while she was an ACLU lawyer.

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