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Article: Raw racism gets a black eye in the Senate. (U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun's speech against United Daughters of the Confederacy insignia) (Transcript)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- August 13, 1993
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Rookie Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun, D-Ill., went head-to-head last month with Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., in his effort to renew the patent for the United Daughters of the Confederacy insignia - the Confederate flag. Helms had passed an earlier vote when an outraged Moseley-Braun, arguing that symbols matter, said flatly in the Senate chamber: "This vote is about race."
Her speech turned the Senate around, 75-25, and sent Helms reeling. It was a moment likely to be remembered in history.
An edited transcript of Moseley-Braun's remarks follows:
It is just my day to get to talk about race. I have to tell you this vote is about race. It is about racial ...