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Schooled!
Sorry, but the bit about John Hansen being black seems to be an historical myth, probably linked to the fact that there was a Liberian senator of the same name. Most of what has been written about "Black" US Presidents seems to trace back to a pamphlet by J. A. Rogers entitled "The five Negro Presidents: According to what white people said they were". The key here is in the title. This pamphlet doesn't offer any authoritative support for its assertions other than accusations. While it may be born out at some point in time in the future that there were prior presidents with black ancestry, the fact remains that none of these presidents acknowledged black ancestry and there doesn't appear to currently be any authoritative evidence to support those assertions either.— May 14, 2011 11:22 a.m.