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In reply to the discussion: Secret Service didn't like African Americans in 1963. Ask Agent Abraham Bolden. [View all]LawDeeDah
(1,596 posts)4. Thanks for this. You know that some people are going to call you crazy
and that conspiracies and truly evil people that would do this, just never happen. And they will point and laugh with smugness at their comfort in their perfectly lawful worlds.
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Secret Service didn't like African Americans in 1963. Ask Agent Abraham Bolden. [View all]
Octafish
Oct 2014
OP
You are most welcome, scarletwoman! Edwin Black helped keep Abraham Bolden's story alive.
Octafish
Oct 2014
#38
For keeping his integrity, Abraham Bolden was put in a psych ward and force-fed drugs.
Octafish
Oct 2014
#22
Pres. Obama should issue a pardon to this man so he won't still have the stigma of being a
tblue37
Oct 2014
#5
They couldn't have Mr Bolden interfering with their plans for Mr Kennedy. n/t
951-Riverside
Oct 2014
#6
It's my bet that the WH is working on pardons for Bush and Cheney and the hell with this
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#25
''He chose peace. They marked him for death.'' -- James W. Douglass, PhD. and man of peace, himself
Octafish
Oct 2014
#39
Excerpt from book review: 'You're the ''Jackie Robinson'' of the Secret Service.'
Octafish
Oct 2014
#45
Every time I read anything about JFK, I think how different history could have been!
LongTomH
Oct 2014
#48