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Barack Obama’s Civil Rights Legacy, by Thaddeus Russell

In an excerpt from his new book, A Renegade History of the United States, historian Thaddeus Russell argues that Martin Luther King, Jr.'s controversial push for African Americans to embrace white, Protestant values has spawned President Obama—and his derogatory views of some fellow blacks.

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Barack Obama (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo)

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