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“African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss.”

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Reconciliation means - in victory, I win and you're wrong, and then you lose.

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While I voted for Mr. Trump, my confidence remains in God for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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Observe with both friend and foe the ordinary rules of courtesy.

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If the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to live, our babies must live. Our mothers must choose life. If we refuse…

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Every baby saved, every mother helped to choose life is a step in the right direction.

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Coming forth, you've got to love each other and you have to have faith. And you never lose hope. Even when things are really,…

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As a survivor of the 20th-century Race Wars, my back remains unbent, and I move forward for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…

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This is the 21st century, and we would all like to think racism is dead in America. Actually, that's not the case: still there…

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I did have some secret abortions myself, which I repented from when I was born again in 1983. I drank the abortion Kool-Aid temporarily because I thought it was the answer.

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Refrain from the violence of fist, tongue or heart. And heart is real important.

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“This popularity extended to Trump himself, who, according to private demographic research conducted at the time, was even more popular with African American and Hispanic viewers than he was with Caucasian audiences. “He was getting so much exposure from the prime-time show, and getting good ratings on NBC, that both his positive perception and his negative perception were well above…

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Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong.

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Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements.

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