news.yahoo.com - 11/12/2008
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AP - Shortly after leaving the voting booth, 70-year-old community activist Donald E. Robinson had a thought: "Why do I have to be listed as African-American? Why can't I just be American?"
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The UK and the US: Same Revolution, Different Consequences?
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