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genwah

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Mon Mar 9, 2015, 09:31 AM Mar 2015

MLK Lieutenant at Selma Ceremony Is So Insulted by George W. Bush’s ‘Presence’ That She Refuses to

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“I think the Selma movement was about nonviolence and peace and democracy, and George Bush stands for just the opposite — for violence and war and stolen elections,” she added. “And George Bush’s administration had people tortured, so I thought that this was not an appropriate event for him.”


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