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February 19, 2009

Holder: US a “Nation of Cowards” on Discussing Race
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Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for a national dialogue on race.
In a speech marking Black History Month, Holder called the US a “nation
of cowards” for not discussing the history of US racism more openly.
Holder is the nation’s first African American attorney general.



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