Real life is more interesting and ironic than anything fictional writers can come up with. How much better can you get than this?
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The Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendant of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond ? a discovery the civil rights activist called "shocking" on Sunday.
Sharpton learned of his connection to Thurmond, once a prominent defender of segregation, last week through the Daily News, which asked genealogists to trace his roots.
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