Article: Kerry Stresses Civil Rights, Military

NANCY BENAC, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-29-2004
Dateline: WASHINGTON


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., waves as he boards his campaign plane, Friday, May 28, 2004, in Green Bay, Wisc. Kerry was flying to Washington after speaking at a town hall meeting Friday morning. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Drawing on military themes while trying to strengthen support among a key Democratic constituency, presidential candidate John Kerry told black veterans their sacrifices were part of an "unfinished journey" to ensure that blacks need not fight as hard for civil rights as their forebears did when they returned home from war.

Kerry's tribute Friday night kicked ...

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