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3. African-American heritage of United States presidents

Reply to maindawg (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 07:36 PM

Jul 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_heritage_of_United_States_presidents

"When asked directly about Chancellor's account, Harding did not make any effort to deny that he may have had an African-American ancestor. He said he did not know and demonstrated that it was not a significant issue. "

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