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...percent of Blacks in the United States,the civil rights movement was an extraordinaryleap forward," says Robert H. Abzug '67, a formervolunteer with the Student Nonviolent CoordinatingCommittee (SNCC) who is now a professor of historyand American studies at the University of Texas inAustin...
...This was really the amazing time [for civilrights]--a turning point," says Abzug...
...Abzug said that the fight for women's political equality is still in its early stages. "We still need to get women elected to places where they can make a difference," she said...
Speaking to an audience of more than 120 spectators, Caucus founder Bella Abzug said she started the group because there were too few women involved in politics. "We wanted to open political channels and structures to women and minorities," she said...
...Abzug said she believes that American political leaders are not currently addressing problems such as homelessness and crime adequately, and that the government needs an "infusion" of people who have not been consulted about such issues in the past...