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The president's way of making Black History
The president's way of making Black History

Minutes that President George W. Bush stayed at ceremony for Martin Luther King in Atlanta last month: 15

Cost per plate of fundraiser Bush went to after the King ceremony: $2,000

Days after this that Bush appointed judge Charles Pickering to a federal appeals court: 1

Year that Judge Pickering called the "one person, one vote" principle "obtrusive": 1993

Number of times Pickering's decisions have been reversed for violating "well-settled principles of law": 15

Number of years that Pickering voted to fund the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, which spied on civil rights activists: 2


February 11, 2004
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