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| African American Thomas Bomar as Abraham Lincoln |
The name of Abraham Lincoln, 16th
president of the United
States, is inextricably linked with African
Americans...
But
in 1940, in the nation’s
capital, some influential people hadn’t quite figured
out the connection between Abraham Lincoln and African Americans. For
them, the idea that Lincoln and his legacy might be represented by a
black man was something
they just couldn’t stomach.
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