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merrily

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1. August is the month of that speech, Obama's 2008 nomination for President and

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2014, 06:46 AM

Aug 2014

Emmet Till's death. I don't think any of that is coincidence or unrelated. So, I remember and honor the memory of Till, along with the memory of MLK, Jr. another cut down way too soon, and everyone who voted for Obama without penalizing him for the color of his skin.

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