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Gregory Craig

...been told was lawful. And that was the Durham assignment. He came back and said tha...

Loretta Lynch

...speaking. He was supposed to be in Durham , which is where I'm from. And becaus...

Anne-Marie Slaughter

...land in a regional airport. Raleigh- Durham 's a good example—I forget, whatever'...

Fiona Reeves

...Republican in the last election. In Durham , North Carolina, I lived with peopl...
...before, so were jazzed about that. Durham is really an interesting place. Yes...
...is really an interesting place. Yes. Durham is a place where, when we got there...
...“And here are our t-shirts that say ‘ Durham for Obama' that we all wear.” So it wa...

James Risen

...to say, “Well we looked at it.” And so Durham came back with the exact results tha...

Reggie Love

...City, and Reggie is joining us from Durham , North Carolina. Reggie, thanks s...

Tyler Swanson

...Hawkins had opened his church up in Durham for us to pull all these colleg...
...of weeks, I think we were down in Durham , at Reverend Hawkins's church, an...
...gosh, I was driving—our office was in Durham , and so I would have to go to Wester...

Mandy Carter

...York City, and Mandy is joining me from Durham , North Carolina. Mandy, thank you fo...
...important to you? Actually, here in Durham , North Carolina, and in 2007, ther...
...had the audacity as a Black woman. And Durham , North Carolina, by the way, for thos...
...up from the South and whatever. But Durham , because of the Black—they used t...
...story short, ending up here in Durham because of Joan Baez, the Vietnam War...

...where she was born. But when I moved to Durham from San Francisco with the Wa...
...to go where? You're going to move to Durham ? Aren't they still lynching peopl...
...They said, “Mandy, we have an office in Durham , North Carolina.” I said, “Durham...
...in Durham, North Carolina.” I said, “ Durham , North Carolina, okay.” Came out, go...
...I realized you have a thing called the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Blac...
...here, and a lot of it was around the Durham City Council, Durham Count...
...not far from where I live here in Durham . We sat down and we said, “Well, wai...
...to get that money, brought it back to Durham , and put it into the kitty for th...
...ready to move from San Francisco to Durham , I had come to do an interview. I too...
...Francisco being so much different than Durham . But one of the reasons why w...
...we decided to do our own Pride here in Durham —because everyone said if you wanted t...
...Pride, why don't we do one local? And Durham , it has Duke University, Nort...
...how much tied we're into the city of Durham , whether elected official, th...
...bi, trans; and now Q. But that was Durham 's journey. And when we did it, we ha...
...need to get a permit to do anything in Durham . And Ninth Street is the main—have yo...
...is the main—have you ever been to Durham , North Carolina? No. Well, d...
...a paper here called the Durham Herald. And the Klan was going to b...
...we're having problems in the city of Durham .” This is the Black minister. Don'...
...for even being in the city of Durham .” Well, that campaign meant that the...
...Black woman mayor in 106 years here in Durham , North Carolina. Anyway, Pride ende...
...forty-fifth Pride that's coming up in Durham , and we do it over here, not far fro...
...candidate like Barack Obama. Here in Durham , and also North Carolina; I thin...
...vote. You cannot depend on Charlotte or Durham or Raleigh or Greensboro if you don'...
...They voted too. Now, in the city of Durham , like I said, we got our first-eve...
...South and Pride of North Carolina in Durham . As someone so invested in coalitio...
...we had “the first ever” in 106 years in Durham —really? What are the lessons from tha...

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