January 16, 2009
The layers of the following story are a mess. But let’s jump in: One year ago this weekend, then-Senator Barack Obama delivered a speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church where he very directly challenged the Black church and by extension the …
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Tagged atlanta black lgbt coalition, Barack Obama, black gay, coretta scott king, martin luther king, MLK, mlk holiday, rick warren
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January 14, 2008
It’s gettin hot in herr! The gloves are coming off, and people are now being forced to take sides. Senator Hillary Clinton has been trying to spin herself out of a whole she dug when she, at an attempt to …
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Tagged Barack Obama, BET, bill clinton, black entertainment television, bob johnson, civil rights act, civil rights movement, comic view, Hillary Clinton, john lewis, joseph lowry, lbj, lyndon b johnson, martin luther king, MLK, Tavis Smiley, william jelani cobb
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December 10, 2007
The Associated Press published a story about Civil Rights veteran and Atlanta former Mayor Andrew Young going on an Atlanta show saying that he thought Barack should run for president in 2016, because he is too young to run for …
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Tagged andrew young, ap, associated press, Barack Obama, civil rights movement, martin luther king, MLK
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