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February 5th, 2009
Listen to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on "The Tom Joyner Morning Show"

Listen now to LOOKING FOR LINCOLN presenter and writer Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show”. He talks about Lincoln’s legacy in regards to African-Americans and slavery, and President Obama’s interest in Lincoln.

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Hello Dr. Gates, you’ve done wonderful work for a long time. I’ll veiw your broadcast. I’ve read some books that says, Abraham Lincoln was black himself, And with sworn affidavits from whites that new his his mother and father. In your research, did you find any of this to be valid?

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Mr. Gates the people need to let everyone live & when something happens it’s not always the black man haven’t we had plenty of that racial bs i’m a white man and hate it every time i hear it most of my life i had to deal with it not any more we need to break that wall down 4 good God Bless all men and woman we are 1 blk wh yell red blue ect lets act like it please…..we are all 1 in Gods eyes

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