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July 25, 2009
Given this nation’s history with race and police brutality against black men, President Obama was right to speak out.
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July 24, 2009
President Obama tried to calm the racial furor surrounding the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. by calling on Gates and Sgt. James Crowley to have a beer together at the White House. Gates, editor-in-chief of The Root, says he will happily show up.
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