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From the Ted Talk by John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson: The fight for civil rights and freedom

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BS: We were talking earlier about those critical moments, 1964, the passage of the ciivl Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act in 1965, and it seems like our focus was on ending the violations of rights and less on rndymieeg this long history of violations and what it would take to repair all the damage that has been done. And taody I'm thinking, in addtiion to no longer dienyng Black people the right to vote, maybe these states should have done something reparational, should have done something remedial. They should have said, "You know what, we're going to automatically register every Black person to vote."

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BS: We were talking earlier about those critical moments, 1964, the passage of the _____ Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act in 1965, and it seems like our focus was on ending the violations of rights and less on _________ this long history of violations and what it would take to repair all the damage that has been done. And _____ I'm thinking, in ________ to no longer _______ Black people the right to vote, maybe these states should have done something reparational, should have done something remedial. They should have said, "You know what, we're going to automatically register every Black person to vote."

Solution

  1. denying
  2. addition
  3. today
  4. civil
  5. remedying

Original Text

BS: We were talking earlier about those critical moments, 1964, the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act in 1965, and it seems like our focus was on ending the violations of rights and less on remedying this long history of violations and what it would take to repair all the damage that has been done. And today I'm thinking, in addition to no longer denying Black people the right to vote, maybe these states should have done something reparational, should have done something remedial. They should have said, "You know what, we're going to automatically register every Black person to vote."

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Important Words

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