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October 05, 2025

Oscar De Priest, the first Black to serve in Congress in the 20th century, was born in Florence, Alabama in 1871.

President's Weekly Address - 10/5/13

POSTED: October 07, 2013, 4:00 pm

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President Obama lays the blame for the government shutdown on House Republicans, charging they refused to fund the government over a law that they don't like.





Source: The White House

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