Two Families Named McCain

Crabtownboy · Oct 17, 2008

This is a very interesting article from the Wall Street Journal and probably only in America could such a story unfold.

Candidate's Kin Share a History With Descendants of Slaves

TEOC, Miss. -- Lillie McCain is watching the presidential campaign from a singular perspective.

A 56-year-old psychology professor whose family spans five generations from the enslavement of her great-great-grandparents to her own generation's fight for civil rights, Ms. McCain appreciates the social changes that have opened the way for Sen. Barack Obama to be the first major-party black contender for the White House.

In a year when the historic nature of Sen. Obama's candidacy is drawing much comment, the case of the Teoc McCains offers another quintessential American narrative in black and white. For the black McCain family, it is a story of triumph over the legacy of slavery; for the white McCains, it is the evolution of a 19th-century cotton dynasty into one rooted in an ethic of military and national service.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122419511761942501.html?mod=article-outset-box

canadyjd · Oct 17, 2008

I found it to be a very interesting and fair story.

peace to youraying:

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