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Aug. 4, 2010--Lloyd Marcus,
spokesperson/entertainer of the Tea Party movement and the Tea Party
Express, president of the National Association for the Advancement of
Conservative People of All Colors, and "(black) Unhyphenated American,"
organized a press conference to rebut charges that the Tea Party is racist.
About a dozen black conservatives spoke during the two-hour event, some
of whom are shown below.
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Radio talk show host Herman Cain
said critics shift the subject, ignore the facts, and name call (that
spells "sin"). (more photos)
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Ambassador Alan Keyes, chairman
of Conservative Majority PAC, compared life under big government to
slavery. Looking on is Selena Owens, who read the Tea Party
Express statement.
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Niger Innis, national spokesman
of the Congress of Racial Equality, blasted "clueless members of the
Congressional Black Caucus."
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Frantz Kebreau, national
director of the National Association for the Advancement of
Conservative People of All Colors, read a short passage from "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" and said there is a need to "end identity politics in
America forever."
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60 Plus Chairman Jim Martin
spoke...
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...as did Ruth Bryant White, a
2008 independent candidate and author of "Life Through The Eyes Of An
Interracial Couple."
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