President Obama spoke to Shirley Sherrod, the USDA official who was ousted after a race flap, and expressed his “regret”, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has expressed his apology and offered a new position. But now Shirley Sherrod has said that she just needs some time to think.
Sherrod accepted the apology from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the White House, but Sherrod still hasn’t decided whether she will accept a job offer.

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June 19th, 2010

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.

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(Newser) – Republican Rep. Trent Franks took the opportunity to say that he thinks African Americans were better off under slavery.

Slavery “is a crushing mark on America’s soul,” Franks said in an interview with a conservative blogger. “And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by the policies of slavery. And I think, ‘What does it take to get us to wake up?’”

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President Obama is the first sitting president to visit the home of Rev. Billy Graham, who lives in Montreat, a small town near Black Mountain. It was also their first meeting, according to Graham’s publicist, A. Larry Ross, and lasted 35 minutes.

“Mr. Graham was honored that the president would travel to meet him for an historic first-ever visit by a sitting president in his home, which reflected a cordial, gracious conversation together, along with the evangelist’s son, Franklin,” Ross said via e-mail. “Over coffee, the two men discussed a variety of topics, including their wives, and love for and similar experiences with golf and Chicago.

credit:John Boyle – www.citizen-times.com

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