Black Hall of Fame honour for Bill

It’s a running joke guaranteed to get a guffaw at the office or a chic house party. Bill Clinton? First black President? Now that’s a good one. But down in Arkansas, folks aren’t laughing.

As late as 1980s, Clinton was the first white gubernatorial candidate to eat on the porches of the state’s African-Americans, pray in their churches, invite them to the governor’s office. And for that and more, says Charles King, the former President deserves Saturday’s induction into Arkan-sas Black Hall of Fame.

Clinton will be the first and only White person among the 62 members, who include poet Maya Angelou, and former Clinton surgeon-general Joycelyn Elders.