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Lincoln's Other Legacy

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's Birthday, Honest Abe, Frederick Douglass, Freedom, Lincoln Bicentennial, Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Racism, Chicago News
Hermene Hartman

Lincoln signed The Emancipation Proclamation and in so doing he saved the nation. But he also gave us the rationale for American racism.

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The GOP and Race

Murray Fromson | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Martin Luther King, Race, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 2008 Election, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Norman Corwin, Politics News
Murray Fromson

If Obama's election is denied him because of a) racism or b) the electoral dishonesty of 2004, African Americans will be justified in believing the door to the White House will always be shut to them.

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Thomas B. Edsall

Obama's Dilemma: To Debate Or Not Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Clinton Debate Request, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Barack Obama, Politics News

When writing a story about a disputed issue - should, for example, Barack Obama debate Hillary Clinton before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries...

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Clinton Challenges Obama To Debate Without A Moderator, Lincoln-Douglas Style

AP | MIKE GLOVER and SARA KUGLER | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Debate, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Clinton Obama Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Politics News

MARION, Ind. — Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton turned up the rhetoric Saturday in their increasingly heated primary ba...

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