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Article: African-Americans give Clinton's tenure high marks
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 14, 2001
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African-Americans give Clinton's tenure high marks
President paid attention to their issues, economy, university
scholars say
By MARTIN FINUCANE
Associated Press
Sunday, January 14, 2001
Boston -- President Clinton paid attention to issues important to
the nation's blacks and, not surprisingly, that accounts for his
popularity with them, say researchers at Harvard and the University
of Chicago.
"I think he's given enormous credit for standing up for things
that mattered for people whose voices aren't often heard," said
Lawrence Bobo, a Harvard professor who was one of the principal
researchers.
A random sample poll conducted by Bobo and co-researcher Michael
C. Dawson, a University of ...