Tea Partier claims he's an expert in black history

David Barton, the Republican establishment's favorite amateur historian, claims in tax records reviewed by HuffPost to be something of an expert on African-American history...

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From Huffington Post:

WASHINGTON — David Barton, the Republican establishment’s favorite amateur historian, claims in tax records reviewed by HuffPost to be something of an expert on African-American history.

In filings with the Internal Revenue Service, Barton’s nonprofit, Wallbuilder Presentations, Inc., justified its tax-exempt status by highlighting among its “accomplishments” a video project “of the moral heritage and political history of African Americans.”

It’s a curious claim for the Tea Party favorite, who has twice given speeches in front of white supremacist groups — protesting later that he was ignorant of the groups’ professed racist ideology.

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