articles.latimes.com - 1/20/2009
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Gertrude Baines’ 114-year-old fingers wrapped lightly over the ballpoint pen as she bubbled in No. 18 on her ballot Tuesday. Her mouth curled up in a smile. A laugh escaped. The deed was done. A daughter of former slaves, Baines had just voted for a black man to be president of the United ...
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Unfinished Post: Between Mountaintops
The Republic of T. —
... Before the election there were several articles on the surviving children of former slaves — people whose lives span a century or more, from emancipation to inauguration — people like 114-year-old Gertrude Baines, the world’s oldest person of African decent and daughter of former slaves, who cast her vote for Obama in November; people like ...
America’s Mountain Top Moment
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... Before the election there were several articles on the surviving children of former slaves — people whose lives span a century or more, from emancipation to inauguration — people like 114-year-old Gertrude Baines, the world’s oldest person of African decent and daughter of former slaves, who cast her vote for Obama in November; people like ...
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... Before the election there were several articles on the surviving children of former slaves -- whose lives span a century or more, from emancipation to inauguration -- people like 114-year-old Gertrude Baines, the world's oldest person of African decent and daughter of former slaves, who cast her vote for Obama in November; people like ...
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