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Politico – Campaigning at an African-American church for the first time during the presidential race, Donald Trump called for “a civil rights agenda for our time” and cast himself as the candidate who could best “rebuild Detroit” and struggling black communities across the nation.

In a 12-minute speech he read from the center aisle at Great Faith Ministries, the Republican nominee shaved off the rougher edges of the pitch he’s previously made to African-American voters, mostly before white audiences — “what the hell do you have to lose?” he has said in the past — and traded it in for uncharacteristic humility.

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