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'Loving Day' Personified in Presidential Race

By John Ridley

Published June 12, 2008 at 6:00 AM EDT

John Ridley

John Ridley is an Emmy Award winning commentator and writer for Esquire and Time magazines as well as a contributor to CNN, MSNBC and NPR. His commentaries are heard regularly on NPR's Morning Edition.

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