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VIDEO President Obama addresses the NAACP @100
July 17, 2009President Obama's speech at the NAACP convention, July 16, 2009.
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Full text of President Obama speech to the NAACP Centennial Convention
July 17, 2009As prepared for delivery for July 16. It is an honor to be here, in the city where the NAACP was formed, to mark its centennial. What we celebrate tonight is not simply the journey the...
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Obama at NAACP: Civil rights leaders paved way for him
July 17, 2009NEW YORK — President Barack Obama on July 16 traced his historic rise to power to the vigor and valor of black civil rights leaders, telling the NAACP that the sacrifice of others 'began the journey...
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Labor, doctors and small business owners back health reform
July 17, 2009Health care reform gained new momentum this week. Wednesday, July 15, the Senate HELP committee passed a version of the bill that closely fits President Obama's main principles for reform. The same day, House Democrats announced...
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Workers picket Karl Rove’s $1,000-a-plate Big Biz dinner
July 17, 2009ST. LOUIS -- 'The Employee Free Choice Act is exactly what it says. A free choice for workers,' Ben Harmon, financial secretary for the greater St. Louis United Auto Workers union CAP Council, told the World....
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