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U.S. Capitol is monument to African-American slaves who built it [video 2min]

Author and AP writer Jesse Holland tells some of the history behind the U.S. Capitol - history that includes slave labor building much of the government's seat. Holland has written a book about the role blacks played in building Washington, Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History in and around Washington, D. C.

Read entire article at Clip Syndicate "First Person: Black Men Built the Capitol "