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America was born with a promise it had not yet learned how to keep. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence announced that all people were created equal. Yet the nation that embraced those words still contained slavery, political exclusion, dispossession, religious prejudice, and deep...

From his humble beginnings in Sumter, South Carolina, to his prominence on the Washington, D.C., political scene as the third highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn has led an extraordinary life. In Blessed Experiences, Clyburn tells in his own inspirational words how an African-American boy from the Jim Crow-era South was able to beat the odds to achieve great success.