Thank You George Zimmerman and President Barack Obama
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- Category: Justice
- Published: Wednesday, 12 June 2013 19:03
- Written by Lawrence A. Robinson
Before Barack Obama won the nomination for President of the United States in November of 2007, the racial attitudes in this country for Blacks were, 'let's try to get along while we move forward at a steady pace.' Our goal was to steadily improve the education of our youth as well as improve our economic situation by gaining better employment and creating companies and therefore jobs and opportunities for ourselves. We planned to get involved with government and politics and make laws that were fair to all but specifically did not hinder us.
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