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Al Sharpton: Obama's Go-To Black Leader

The president’s extraordinary embrace of Al Sharpton last week has as much to do with his rejection of Jesse Jackson, Cornel West and Tavis Smiley as it does with the once-embattled reverend.

Wayne Barrett
Wayne Barrett
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Al Sharpton. Credit: Mandel Ngan / Getty Images,MANDEL NGAN
Wayne Barrett

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