FD of St Martin de Porres, the son of a free black woman and a Spanish nobleman in Lima who rejected his "mulatto" son. He joined the Dominicans as a lay helper, but gradually won respect for his healing powers, his extraordinary spiritual gifts, and his embodiment of the gospel.
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dad was the guy who revealed the Pentagon Papers in Watergate, if I recall correctly.
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Pentagon Papers released in 1971, but Nixon's use of the White House "Plumbers" to go after my dad--the same ones later arrested at Watergate break-in--helped lead to his downfall.