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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 06:56 PM
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Denied black relative urges McCain to accept ancestry
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Black_relative_urges_McCain_to_accept_1020.html

David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster
Published: Monday October 20, 2008




The McCain family has a proud tradition in the United States. They fought for integration of the south, resisted the Ku Klux Klan, led civil rights campaigns and left a lasting mark on the politics of Mississippi.

But, despite contradictory statements made by Sen. John McCain, that branch of his family was once owned as slaves by the candidate's ancestors
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