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In an excerpt from his memoir, Loyalties, Carl Bernstein reflects on the Jim Crow town he grew up in—a world away from today's events.

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In an excerpt from his memoir, Loyalties, Carl Bernstein reflects on the Jim Crow town he grew up inan era in which a black president taking the oath of office was unimaginable.

In his Inaugural Address today, President Obama noted with awe that "a man whose father less than sixty years...

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