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Source: NPR Morning Edition

Roundup

7-16-09

First Black President To Address NAACP Convention [podcast 4 min 30 sec]

President Obama delivers the keynote address at the NAACP's convention Thursday night in New York. It's the 100th birthday of the nation's oldest civil rights organziation.

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