Let's not allow an alleged race-based murder plot on the part of two Tennessee skinheads to dampen the hopeful spirit of the day. If the polls are accurate, for the first time an African American is poised to take the nation's highest political office. We can appreciate just how momentous this is by looking back in history.
In working on my book Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson, I was constantly reminded of how deeply ingrained racism was...
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