Obama's ancestors may have owned slaves
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Democrat Barack Obama, who would be the first black president, has white ancestors who owned slaves, according to a genealogical researcher.
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On a picture-perfect college green in the Old South, framed by live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, Barack Obama is talking about pioneers and immigrants, about slaves and suffragettes, about the can-do spirit that Americans used to have.
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JAMESTOWN -- They were known as the "20 and odd," the first African slaves to set foot in North America at the English colony settled in 1607.
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Obama's girls have heard of Obama Girl &#151; and wonder what the star of the racy Web video means to their family.
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CONCORD, N.H. -- In the early evening of July 2, Sen. Barack Obama arrived at the end of a long gravel driveway belonging to Gary and Meg Hirshberg. In the back yard were 250 people -- potential supporters, potential donors -- waiting to hear from him. First, though, Obama had more important...
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Sen. Barack Obama's face is everywhere these days Â on front pages and TV, magazine covers and blogs. But how well do people really know him? Obama, born in Hawaii, is the son of a white woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya who left the family when Obama was 2.
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Descendants of a plantation's masters and slaves come together to recount history - and forge family bonds.
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In one small town, Barack Obama connects with a  segment of the black electorate that he has yet to prove himself with
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NEW YORK, Feb. 25 -- The Rev. Al Sharpton, the prominent civil rights activist, is descended from a slave owned by relatives of the late senator and one-time segregationist Strom Thurmond, a genealogical study released Sunday  reported.
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They are political polar opposites, but for Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, hidden family ties run deep, as they are distant cousins.
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Cherokee Nation citizenship was at stake Saturday in an election to determine whether descendants of people the Cherokee once owned as slaves should be counted as members of the tribe.
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Some version of the immigrantâs tale told in âGolden Doorâ is part of the family history of millions of Americans.
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Democratic Sen. Barack  Obama opens his 2008 White House run on Saturday in a setting  rife with symbolism and historic links to Abraham Lincoln's  fight to end slavery.
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If Bill Clinton was the "first black president," his wife and Barack Obama are vying to be the second.
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From the day he won a U.S. Senate seat, Barack Obama captured national attention with his charisma and unique personal story. The question was what he would do with them. His two-week tour of Africa has helped suggest an answer.
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It can be very difficult to research one's African-American genealogy. Fortunately, there are a number of online sources that make the task easier.   One such resource is the Freedmen's Bureau Online, http:// freedmensbureau.com.
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If he wanted, the Barack Obama of today could have a pretty good debate with the Barack Obama of yesterday.