A president’s life in letters

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For Rudolph Lee-Hines, a five-year-old black boy growing up in Washington DC, March 12, 1984, was a very special day.

The visit of Ronald Reagan to his school was exciting enough, but he was rendered completely speechless when the president, in the middle of his address, turned to ...