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ABC News: Obama First Black Major Party Nominee
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The principle that all men are created equal has never been more than a remote eventuality in the quest for the U.S. presidency. (article 2)
Abner J. Mikva asked Mr. Obama, fresh out of Harvard, to apply as his clerk. (article 4)
WASHINGTON - Within the living memory of many in this country, the simple act of encouraging black Americans to vote - never mind run for office - was enough to risk a brutal death and a shallow grave. (article 1)
In some of the arenas Barack Obama has filled in his historic campaign for the presidency, he once would not have been able to take so much as a sip from the water fountain. (article 1)
Yet in a country with a tortured racial history, Mr. Obama's victory in the Democratic presidential race writes a new chapter in the American story. (article 1)
After a bruising battle, Sen. Barack Obama has won enough delegates to clinch the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, ABC News projects based on exit polls and reporting. (article 3)
The candidate emerges battered after a bitter, five-month fight against Sen. Hillary Clinton who was vying to become the party's first female presidential nominee and was once considered the likely nominee. (article 3)
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Obama, Clinton, campaign, Democratic, Party |
Source articles
- Obama's run will keep 'Dream' alive (dallasnews.com, 06/03/2008, 713 words)
- Obama's moment in winning nomation also major juncture in U.S. history (cbc.ca, 06/04/2008, 1473 words)
- ABC News: Obama First Black Major Party Nominee (ABCNews, 06/03/2008, 763 words)
- Calm in the Swirl of History (nytimes.com, 06/04/2008, 799 words)
- Calm in the Swirl of History (nytimes.com, 06/04/2008, 793 words)
- What Obama Left Out (nytimes.com, 06/02/2008, 797 words)
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