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By DENNIS CONRAD 2010-09-08T12:07:35ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- At his inaugural parade a half-century ago, President John F. Kennedy watched the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's marching unit pass him on Pennsylvania Avenue and declared it unacceptable. Not one cadet was black, he told an aide, and something ought be done about it....

 

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