wanyu/IteraTeR_v2 huggingface dataset:
Original: "At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his white middle class family that he was to interview Reverend Al Sharpton that Saturday.
Revised: "At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his middle class family that he was to interview Reverend Al Sharpton that Saturday.
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Original: "At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his white middle class family that he was to interview Reverend Al Sharpton that Saturday.
Revised: "At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his white middle class family that he was to interview that Saturday.
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Original:  The announcement caused an impassioned discussion about the civil rights leader's work, the problems facing the black community and whether Sharpton helps or hurts his cause.
Revised:  The announcement caused an impassioned discussion about the civil rights leader's work, the problems facing the community and whether Sharpton helps or hurts his cause.
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Original:  Shankbone went to the National Action Network 's headquarters in Harlem with this Thanksgiving discussion to inform the conversation.
Revised:  Shankbone went to the 's headquarters in Harlem with this Thanksgiving discussion to inform the conversation.
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Original:  Shankbone went to the National Action Network 's headquarters in Harlem with this Thanksgiving discussion to inform the conversation.
Revised:  Shankbone went to the National Action Network 's headquarters in with this Thanksgiving discussion to inform the conversation.
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Original:  Below is his interview with Al Sharpton on everything from Tawana Brawley , his purported feud with Barack Obama, criticism by influential African Americans such as Clarence Page , his experience running for President, to how he never expected he would see fifty (he is now 53).
Revised:  Below is his interview with Al Sharpton on everything from , his purported feud with Barack Obama, criticism by influential African Americans such as Clarence Page , his experience running for President, to how he never expected he would see fifty (he is now 53).
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Original:  Below is his interview with Al Sharpton on everything from Tawana Brawley , his purported feud with Barack Obama, criticism by influential African Americans such as Clarence Page , his experience running for President, to how he never expected he would see fifty (he is now 53).
Revised:  Below is his interview with Al Sharpton on everything from Tawana Brawley , his purported feud with Barack Obama, criticism by influential African Americans such as , his experience running for President, to how he never expected he would see fifty (he is now 53).
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Original:  Sharpton's beginnings in the movement David Shankbone: You grew up around so many great American musicians and singers like Mahalia Jackson and James Brown .
Revised:  Sharpton's beginnings in the movement David Shankbone: You grew up around so many great American musicians and singers like and .
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Original:  The church that I grew up in, Washington Temple Church of God in Christ in Brooklyn, was a hot spot for gospel singers.
Revised:  The church that I grew up in, Washington Temple in Brooklyn, was a hot spot for gospel singers.
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Original:  In 1964 when the World’s Fair came to New York , Mahalia Jackson had me preach and she sang there that night.
Revised:  In , Mahalia Jackson had me preach and she sang there that night.
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Original:  A lot of times now I land into LaGuardia Airport and you see the circular, which was the New York pavilion of the World’s Fair, and that’s where I preached when I was nine years old.
Revised:  A lot of times now I land into and you see the circular, which was the New York pavilion of the World’s Fair, and that’s where I preached when I was nine years old.
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Original:  What happened was when I was around 12 or 13, Martin Luther King had come to the church and I got totally mesmerized by Adam Clayton Powell , who was the Congressman in Harlem and a preacher , so I wanted to get involved politically.
Revised:  What happened was when I was around 12 or 13, had come to the church and I got totally mesmerized by Adam Clayton Powell , who was the Congressman in Harlem and a preacher , so I wanted to get involved politically.
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Original:  What happened was when I was around 12 or 13, Martin Luther King had come to the church and I got totally mesmerized by Adam Clayton Powell , who was the Congressman in Harlem and a preacher , so I wanted to get involved politically.
Revised:  What happened was when I was around 12 or 13, Martin Luther King had come to the church and I got totally mesmerized by , who was the Congressman in Harlem and a preacher , so I wanted to get involved politically.
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Original:  What happened was when I was around 12 or 13, Martin Luther King had come to the church and I got totally mesmerized by Adam Clayton Powell , who was the Congressman in Harlem and a preacher , so I wanted to get involved politically.
Revised:  What happened was when I was around 12 or 13, Martin Luther King had come to the church and I got totally mesmerized by Adam Clayton Powell , who was the Congressman in and a , so I wanted to get involved politically.
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Original:  Bishop Washington said he didn’t want me to get involved with the more militant groups, because at that time you had the Black Panthers and a lot of others.
Revised:  Bishop Washington said he didn’t want me to get involved with the more militant groups, because at that time you had the and a lot of others.
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Original:  So he brought me to Reverend William Jones , who was head of Operation Breadbasket, SCLC, in New York, who later became my pastor after Bishop Washington died.
Revised:  So he brought me to , who was head of Operation Breadbasket, SCLC, in New York, who later became my pastor after Bishop Washington died.
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Original:  AS: Ralph Abernathy .
Revised:  AS: .
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Original:  The Director nationally of Operation Breadbasket was Jesse Jackson , who was in his late twenties, early thirties.
Revised:  The Director nationally of was , who was in his late twenties, early thirties.
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Original:  In 1971, when Jackson left SCLC over whatever their problems were with each other—that’s when he left to form Operation Push—I also left the SCLC in protest because I was close to Reverend Jackson.
Revised:  In 1971, when Jackson left over whatever their problems were with each other—that’s when he left to form Operation Push—I also left the SCLC in protest because I was close to Reverend Jackson.
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Original:  I took my youth division with me and formed National Youth Movement , which was my organization.
Revised:  I took my youth division with me and formed , which was my organization.
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Original:  I can either be strategic to say this is Plan A, B and C to get racial profiling off, or hate crime laws passed, or close the Navy base in Vieques , and I’m going to use my anger, my real, heartfelt anger to fuel me to get up at five o’clock in the morning to do Plan A, B and C;
Revised:  I can either be strategic to say this is Plan A, B and C to get racial profiling off, or hate crime laws passed, or close the , and I’m going to use my anger, my real, heartfelt anger to fuel me to get up at five o’clock in the morning to do Plan A, B and C;
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Original:  or I can be someone so angry that I never get to a strategy, I never get to Plan A, B and C. But then the police are not challenged, and the hate crime laws are not written, and Vieques is still open.
Revised:  or I can be someone so angry that I never get to a strategy, I never get to Plan A, B and C. But then the police are not challenged, and the hate crime laws are not written, and is still open.
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Original:  So the question one has to ask one’s self—I tell young people all the time, and most of the National Action Network leadership in our chapters are younger than me—you have to make a choice at some point in your life: are you going to do something about what angers you, or do you want to just be angry?
Revised:  So the question one has to ask one’s self—I tell young people all the time, and most of the leadership in our chapters are younger than me—you have to make a choice at some point in your life: are you going to do something about what angers you, or do you want to just be angry?
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Original:  Dennis Kucinich or Tom Tancredo , they’re not there because they think they are going to win;
Revised:  or , they’re not there because they think they are going to win;
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Original:  If you asked the average critic, “Where is he?” Jena , Imus, whatever.
Revised:  If you asked the average critic, “Where is he?” , Imus, whatever.
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Original:  Tawana Brawley to Megan WilliamsDS: Are you tired of hearing Tawana Brawley always paired with your name?
Revised:  Tawana Brawley to Megan WilliamsDS: Are you tired of hearing always paired with your name?
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Original:  When you look at the span of my career, from Howard Beach before Brawley to Sean Bell now, if all you can do is go to one case twenty years ago, then most people would say that is a little shaky.
Revised:  When you look at the span of my career, from before Brawley to Sean Bell now, if all you can do is go to one case twenty years ago, then most people would say that is a little shaky.
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Original:  When you look at the span of my career, from Howard Beach before Brawley to Sean Bell now, if all you can do is go to one case twenty years ago, then most people would say that is a little shaky.
Revised:  When you look at the span of my career, from Howard Beach before Brawley to now, if all you can do is go to one case twenty years ago, then most people would say that is a little shaky.
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Original:  The jury said they didn’t believe Pagones should have been labeled, the same jury that hit us with defamation.
Revised:  The jury said they didn’t believe should have been labeled, the same jury that hit us with defamation.
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Original:  Not long ago a writer said to me, “How can you believe a girl is apprehended by four white men with the N-word written on her and all of that?”
Revised:  Not long ago a writer said to me, “How can you believe a girl is apprehended by four white men with the written on her and all of that?”
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Original:  The DNA cleared them.
Revised:  The cleared them.
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Original:  Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
Revised:  Many Americans believe was guilty.
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Original:  Sharpton and the African-American media DS: Earl Ofari Hutchinson recently wrote a relatively laudatory column about you in The Huffington Post .
Revised:  Sharpton and the African-American media DS: recently wrote a relatively laudatory column about you in The Huffington Post .
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Original:  Sharpton and the African-American media DS: Earl Ofari Hutchinson recently wrote a relatively laudatory column about you in The Huffington Post .
Revised:  Sharpton and the African-American media DS: Earl Ofari Hutchinson recently wrote a relatively laudatory column about you in .
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Original: DS: Clarence Page again in reference to this wrote, " 'gangsta' culture punishes those who don't ' Stop Snitching ,' to quote a popular inner-city T-shirt slogan, even when the victims are innocent neighbors.
Revised: DS: Clarence Page again in reference to this wrote, " '' culture punishes those who don't ' Stop Snitching ,' to quote a popular inner-city T-shirt slogan, even when the victims are innocent neighbors.
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Original: DS: Clarence Page again in reference to this wrote, " 'gangsta' culture punishes those who don't ' Stop Snitching ,' to quote a popular inner-city T-shirt slogan, even when the victims are innocent neighbors.
Revised: DS: Clarence Page again in reference to this wrote, " 'gangsta' culture punishes those who don't ' ,' to quote a popular inner-city T-shirt slogan, even when the victims are innocent neighbors.
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Original:  David Banner said “Al Sharpton can suck my so-and-so.” Jay-Z has a record out, and he's a friend of mine!
Revised:  said “Al Sharpton can suck my so-and-so.” Jay-Z has a record out, and he's a friend of mine!
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Original:  David Banner said “Al Sharpton can suck my so-and-so.” Jay-Z has a record out, and he's a friend of mine!
Revised:  David Banner said “Al Sharpton can suck my so-and-so.” has a record out, and he's a friend of mine!
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Original:  If you go back to the sixties it was Carl Rowan who used to attack Martin Luther King.
Revised:  If you go back to the sixties it was who used to attack Martin Luther King.
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Original:  AS: Oh, Juan Williams who works at Fox ? Juan Williams works for Rupert Murdoch and wants to ask me about accountability?
Revised:  AS: Oh, who works at Fox ? Juan Williams works for Rupert Murdoch and wants to ask me about accountability?
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Original:  AS: Oh, Juan Williams who works at Fox ? Juan Williams works for Rupert Murdoch and wants to ask me about accountability?
Revised:  AS: Oh, Juan Williams who works at ? Juan Williams works for Rupert Murdoch and wants to ask me about accountability?
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Original:  AS: Oh, Juan Williams who works at Fox ? Juan Williams works for Rupert Murdoch and wants to ask me about accountability?
Revised:  AS: Oh, Juan Williams who works at Fox ? Juan Williams works for and wants to ask me about accountability?
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Original:  Because we are on The Word Network we should have gone to a rally for The Word Network.
Revised:  Because we are on we should have gone to a rally for The Word Network.
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Original:  What’s ironic is the ones they do praise— Bill Cosby does my radio show maybe once a month.
Revised:  What’s ironic is the ones they do praise— does my radio show maybe once a month.
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Original:  DS: At Thanksgiving we were talking about the different voices for different communities, and I said that there is no Latino "Al Sharpton"—the Cubans used to have Jorge Mas Canosa , but nobody has taken his place—nor is there an Asian "Al Sharpton".
Revised:  DS: At Thanksgiving we were talking about the different voices for different communities, and I said that there is no "Al Sharpton"—the Cubans used to have Jorge Mas Canosa , but nobody has taken his place—nor is there an Asian "Al Sharpton".
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Original:  DS: At Thanksgiving we were talking about the different voices for different communities, and I said that there is no Latino "Al Sharpton"—the Cubans used to have Jorge Mas Canosa , but nobody has taken his place—nor is there an Asian "Al Sharpton".
Revised:  DS: At Thanksgiving we were talking about the different voices for different communities, and I said that there is no Latino "Al Sharpton"—the Cubans used to have , but nobody has taken his place—nor is there an Asian "Al Sharpton".
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Original:  Usually even the black critics that criticize charismatic leadership are blacks without charisma who can’t do it themselves.
Revised:  Usually even the black critics that criticize charismatic leadership are blacks without who can’t do it themselves.
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Original:  Clarence Page , who is one of your critics within the African-American community, wrote a column about it.
Revised:  , who is one of your critics within the African-American community, wrote a column about it.
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Original:  But when I do a Justice march, they criticize.
Revised:  But when I do a march, they criticize.
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Original:  I’m the only black who ran for President who had to run against another black: Carol Mosley Braun [above].
Revised:  I’m the only black who ran for President who had to run against another black: [above].
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Original:  That is why they were shocked when I ran for President and the black elite—the Bob Johnsons who own BET and Earl Grey—were some of the biggest contributors to my campaign.
Revised:  That is why they were shocked when I ran for President and the black elite—the who own and Earl Grey—were some of the biggest contributors to my campaign.
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Original:  Shirley Chisholm never had to face a black.
Revised:  Chisholm never had to face a black.
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Original:  Shirley Chisholm never had to face a black.
Revised:  Shirley never had to face a black.
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Original:  Remember when I ran in 2004, and when the debates started in 2003, most of the people on the stage, including Kerry and Edwards, were pro-war.
Revised:  Remember when I ran in 2004, and when the debates started in 2003, most of the people on the stage, including and Edwards, were pro-war.
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Original:  I was the first one—even before Dean —who came out against it.
Revised:  I was the first one—even before —who came out against it.
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Original:  I talk to Obama, I talk to Hillary , I talk to John Edwards .
Revised:  I talk to Obama, I talk to , I talk to John Edwards .
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Original:  A lady at The New York Times called to do a story and I made her change the whole thing.
Revised:  A lady at called to do a story and I made her change the whole thing.
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Original:  Ed Brooke was in the Senate like Obama when King was alive.
Revised:  was in the Senate like Obama when King was alive.
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Original:  Then we had Carol Mosley-Braun , then we had Obama.
Revised:  Then we had , then we had Obama.
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Original:  Ron Brown was chairman of the party when Jesse Jackson was the outsider.
Revised:  was chairman of the party when Jesse Jackson was the outsider.
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Original:  The Iraq War DS: Do you think there should be conscription ?
Revised:  The Iraq War DS: Do you think there should be ?
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Original:  AS: Yeah. I think that a volunteer army —I’m against drafts, even when Charlie Rangel came out with it.
Revised:  AS: Yeah. I think that a —I’m against drafts, even when Charlie Rangel came out with it.
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Original:  AS: Yeah. I think that a volunteer army —I’m against drafts, even when Charlie Rangel came out with it.
Revised:  AS: Yeah. I think that a volunteer army —I’m against drafts, even when came out with it.
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Original:  I was in high school at the time of the Vietnam War , there was a draft, and the rich kids didn’t go.
Revised:  I was in high school at the time of the , there was a draft, and the rich kids didn’t go.
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Original:  DS: How has the war affected you?
Revised:  DS: How has affected you?
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Original:  There never was Weapons of Mass Destruction , there never was eminent danger, so I have seen it up close and personal in terms of families losing their sons.
Revised:  There never was , there never was eminent danger, so I have seen it up close and personal in terms of families losing their sons.
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Original:  I also watched when Katrina happened the way people who were relocated around the country couldn’t vote at home, but Iraqis could vote from America in the elections in Iraq.
Revised:  I also watched when happened the way people who were relocated around the country couldn’t vote at home, but Iraqis could vote from America in the elections in Iraq.
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Original:  She is what she calls a “BBW”. A Big Beautiful Woman .
Revised:  She is what she calls a “BBW”. A .
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Original:  Your name came up in that interview and she called you "Reverend 9-1-1 " and mentioned that fat people don’t have their own "Al Sharpton", someone they can turn to when they are being hassled at work because they are a drain on their insurance, or when fat people are discriminated against or harassed.
Revised:  Your name came up in that interview and she called you "Reverend " and mentioned that fat people don’t have their own "Al Sharpton", someone they can turn to when they are being hassled at work because they are a drain on their insurance, or when fat people are discriminated against or harassed.
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Original:  Jena all the way to Florida all the way to Jasper, Texas, all the way to Sean Bell . Every victim calls us.
Revised:  Jena all the way to Florida all the way to , all the way to Sean Bell . Every victim calls us.
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Original:  Jena all the way to Florida all the way to Jasper, Texas, all the way to Sean Bell . Every victim calls us.
Revised:  Jena all the way to Florida all the way to Jasper, Texas, all the way to . Every victim calls us.
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Original:  I’m leading the march on Jena , asked to come in by the parents of the kid in jail, and they’re going to sit on MSNBC that night and ask, “Well, why is Al Sharpton leading it?” Because the parents of the kid asked me to lead it!
Revised:  I’m leading the march on , asked to come in by the parents of the kid in jail, and they’re going to sit on MSNBC that night and ask, “Well, why is Al Sharpton leading it?” Because the parents of the kid asked me to lead it!
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Original:  You have one guy, I can’t think of his name , a sportswriter from Kansas City who made a career out of criticizing me about Imus.
Revised:  You have one guy, I can’t think of , a sportswriter from Kansas City who made a career out of criticizing me about Imus.
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Original:  You have one guy, I can’t think of his name , a sportswriter from Kansas City who made a career out of criticizing me about Imus.
Revised:  You have one guy, I can’t think of his name , a sportswriter from who made a career out of criticizing me about Imus.
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Original:  DS: Did you ever do a DNA test to see if you were related to Strom Thurmond ?
Revised:  DS: Did you ever do a test to see if you were related to Strom Thurmond ?
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Original:  DS: Did you ever do a DNA test to see if you were related to Strom Thurmond ?
Revised:  DS: Did you ever do a DNA test to see if you were related to ?
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Original: DS: Do you keep in contact with Essie Mae Washington-Williams ? AS: I only met her one time.
Revised: DS: Do you keep in contact with ? AS: I only met her one time.
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Original:  This is the last time James Brown was on stage at the Apollo , to do my fiftieth birthday in 2004.
Revised:  This is the last time James Brown was on stage at the , to do my fiftieth birthday in 2004.
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Original:  You’ve got Mark Coleman in Atlanta .
Revised:  You’ve got Mark Coleman in .
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Original:  When they talk about America’s founding fathers they mean Cotton Mather and the Puritans . AS: I think you have to be determined to not allow people to dismiss history.
Revised:  When they talk about America’s founding fathers they mean and the . AS: I think you have to be determined to not allow people to dismiss history.
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Original:  One of the things Martin Luther King III and I talked about is that his father died one of the most controversial figures in the history of America, but you would think now forty years later he was revered by white America.
Revised:  One of the things and I talked about is that his father died one of the most controversial figures in the history of America, but you would think now forty years later he was revered by white America.
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Original:  You take Tylenol for the head cold, but you’ve still got to deal with the cancer.
Revised:  You take for the head cold, but you’ve still got to deal with the cancer.
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