Sunday, February 25, 2007

Reverend Al Says Thurmond Family Once Owned His Kin


Circa 450 AD. Black Tunisian slave traders were raiding Sicilian villages and conducting a thriving business with Rome. Unidentifed Sicilian men, women, and children were given Roman names, and from these wretched lots came my own family.

When the Reverend Al apologizes to me, I'll return the compliment. Or...we could BOTH get over it and move on with life and living. I've seniority, but if you really want to get technical WHO wasn't a slave at some point in history...

"In a revelation that will stun the nation, the Rev. Al Sharpton, one of America's most powerful black leaders, has unearthed a shattering family secret - his ancestors were slaves owned by relatives of the late South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond."
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