"I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator," Obama said. "As a law professor and civil rights lawyer and as an African-American, I am fully aware of his limited views on race. Anyone who actually reads the Emancipation Proclamation knows it was more a military document than a clarion call for justice."
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/local/11992619.htm
I have been teaching this in my classroom for years....nice to see someone speak the truth.
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/local/11992619.htm
I have been teaching this in my classroom for years....nice to see someone speak the truth.