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The Rev. Al Sharpton and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are introduced at the 25th annual National Action Network convention in New York, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Hillary Clinton has been dominating Bernie Sanders among black voters in the Democratic primary, but it has not been a good couple of weeks for her campaign on the topic of race relations.

First, Bill Clinton got into it with a group of Black Lives Matter protesters last week, passionate

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Hillary Clinton greets supporters after a town hall meeting at Cumberland United Methodist Church in Florence, S.C., February 25, 2016. (Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Hillary Clinton began her campaign to win South Carolina years ago. 

Polls show African-American voters, who could make up a majority in the state’s Democratic primary on Saturday, are poised to help Clinton defeat Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., by a wide margin.

Her husband, Bill Clinton, was famously dubbed America’s “first bla

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To be sure, the applause for First Lady Michelle Obama was rapturous when she walked out onto The Late Show With Stephen Colbert stage Monday night.

When it finally ended, Colbert said, “George Clooney didn’t get that. You’re the biggest superstar we’ve had on the show so far.”

“It’s an honor to be here,” said Mrs. Obama, dutifully.

She was wearing black pants, heels, and a strange peplum top, with Picasso-like painterly scrawls and streaks of color splash

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PHOTO CREDIT: Paul Sancya/AP

PHOTO CREDIT: Paul Sancya/AP

He’s more authentic, he understands tragedy, and he’ll do more to carry on the Obama legacy. Look out, Hillary.

While much of the media attention up to now has focused on what damage Bernie Sanders’s campaign could do to Hillary Clinton, we recently had a powerful reminder that the real 2016 wild card, particularly when it comes to black voters, is Joe Biden. Clinton and Biden both made high-profile appearances at various social events for the Congressional Black

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