The president's way of making Black History
Minutes that President George W. Bush stayed at ceremony for Martin Luther King in Atlanta last month: 15
Cost per plate of fundraiser Bush went to after the King ceremony: $2,000
Days after this that Bush appointed judge Charles Pickering to a federal appeals court: 1
Year that Judge Pickering called the "one person, one vote" principle "obtrusive": 1993
Number of times Pickering's decisions have been reversed for violating "well-settled principles of law": 15
Number of years that Pickering voted to fund the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, which spied on civil rights activists: 2
--The Institute for Southern Studies. Visit www.southernstudies.org for more information.
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