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"A Nation of Cowards"

Attorney General Eric Holder made some controversial comments last week that the United States does not talk about racial issues honestly....oh wait....you don't remember that? Ok, lemme try this again...

Attorney General Eric Holder made some controversial comments last week that the United States is a "nation of cowards....."


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Fall or stand up for justice
by Marccus D. Hendricks
Issue date: 2/26/09 Section: OPINION North Texas Daily



One of our nation's most profound civil rights leaders and activists, Martin Luther King, Jr., once said that "an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." These justices are the unquestionable endowment of one's inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

On an insignificant Sunday afternoon of Feb. 22, I was exiting the University Uptown Apartments after visiting a friend when a local officer of the Denton Police Department made a U-turn and began to follow me. All my lights were working and tags were clear and I was driving cautiously and still he followed me for about 100 yards before he finally pulled me over.


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History shows slavery was road to America's wealth
by Mark R. Cheathem, Ph.D
Section: OPINION USA Today



History shows slavery was road to America's wealth
Mark R. Cheathem, Ph.D., Associate professor of history, Cumberland University - Lebanon, Tenn.

Commentary writer Michael Medved wrote that "more than 85% of Americans counted as 'free labor,' giving the lie to claims that America based its wealth primarily on enslaved Africans" ("The truth about slavery," The Forum, Wednesday).

In the book Carry Me Back: The Domestic Slave Trade in American Life, historian Steven Deyle lists the estimated value of U.S. wealth and expenditures in 1860. Slaves were valued as $3 billion and perhaps as much as $4 billion. The combined capital invested in manufacturing, railroads and banks totaled only $2.6 billion. It is hard to see how Medved's argument can hold up against the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

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