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A Slave’s Daughter Votes for Obama

Oct 31, 2008
Amanda Jone's father encouraged her to vote. That wasn't always an easy feat in Texas, but she did her best, paying poll taxes to vote for FDR and others. Now the 109-year-old daughter of a former slave has voted for the man who could become the first black president and she says, "I feel good about [it]."