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My own career in law and politics owes so much to the U.S., which gave me the honor of becoming the first black Briton to study at Harvard Law School… - David Lammy
" "My own career in law and politics owes so much to the U.S., which gave me the honor of becoming the first black Briton to study at Harvard Law School. The land of the free has overwhelmingly been a force for progress around the world. When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his dreams for emancipation in the 1950s and 1960s, he empowered black people far beyond America’s 50 states.
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David Lindon Lammy (born 19 July 1972) is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Foreign Secretary since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham at a by-election in 2000. Lammy held junior ministerial positions under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown between 2002 and 2010.
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