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Video and Transcript of Barack Hussein Obama’s Speech at NAACP Centennial

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Speaking in New York City at the NAACP’s centennial, Barack Hussein Obama gave an honest and politically daring speech about the obstacles that are set in the path of African-Americans in the United States of America. Obama did not shy away from inherited, internal discrimination such as: unemployment, lack of proper health care access, and [...]