“It turns out that her great-great-great-great-grandfather actually owned slaves,” Mr. Obama said before another audience, over breakfast, at George C. Wallace Community College. “That’s no surprise. That’s part of our tortured, tangled history.” (1)
During a commemorative march yesterday in Selma, Alabama, those were the eloquent words of a man who may be President: Senator Barack [...]
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