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Patrick, Deval L. (1956 - )
Deval L. Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts was elected in 2006.  He became at that time only the second African American elected as a state Governor in the history of the United States.  Patrick was born on July 31, 1956 in Chicago to Laurdine Pat Patrick and Emily Mae Wintersmith, and raised in
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(1890) T. Thomas Fortune, “It Is Time To Call A Halt,”
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(2008) President-Elect Barack Obama's Election Night Victory Speech, Nov. 4th, 2008
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