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Don Cornelius: Peace, love, soul -- and civil rights

Don Cornelius, who died Wednesday at 75, was a civil rights pioneer disguised as a dance-music-show host. He used to sign off the “Soul Train” show he founded in Chicago by wishing his viewers “love, peace and soul,” and devoted every programming minute to proving he meant it.

By Greg Kot

February 1, 2012

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