Sunday, September 28, 2008

Hart's last speech in 1976

“…In the brief time we’ve been here, Jim (former Michigan Representative James G. O’Hara) and I, we’ve seen some little growth, some improvement but it’s still an awfully white audience out there and it’s a pretty affluent audience. It’s lucky that there are included in those two broad categories people who seek more clearly to understand the needs of the many who are not represented here tonight.

“But 50 years from now I hope the complexion and Dun and Bradstreet ratings and the ages of a group like this would be dramatically changed to reflect more in keeping with what we are as a country…”

“This is the last time for me and I close as I began by thanking all of you for trusting me.”

Senator Philip A. Hart (D-MI)
Last public appearance
September 29, 1976
Washington, DC

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