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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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A survey of South Carolina legislators shows there is enough support to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds if all supporters cast a vote.

The Post and Courier newspaper, the South Carolina Press Association and The Associated Press asked all lawmakers how they intend to vote. At least 33 senators and 83 House members say the flag should go.

That appears to meet the two-thirds majority needed from both chambers to move the battle flag. That rule is part of the 2000 compromise

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