Huffington Post: After 45 Years, a Civil Rights Hero Waits for Justice
by Thom Hartmann - Best-Selling Author and Host of Nationally Syndicated Progressive Talk Show A great miscarriage of justice has kept most Americas from learning about a Civil Rights pioneer who worked with President John F. Kennedy. But there is finally a way for citizens to not only right that wrong, but bring closure to the most tragic chapter of American presidential history.
After an outstanding career in law enforcement, Abraham Bolden was appointed by JFK to be the first African American presidential Secret Service agent, where he served with distinction. He was part of the Secret Service effort that prevented JFK's assassination in Chicago, three weeks before Dallas. But Bolden was framed by the Mafia and arrested on the very day he went to Washington to tell the Warren Commission staff about the Chicago attempt against JFK.
Read Thom Hartmann's entire article in The Huffington Post
Listen to Thom Hartmann's podcast interview with Abraham Bolden on 6/9/2009
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posted by A W. Bolden @ 9/18/2009 05:55:00 PM
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