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Source: BBC

Roundup

1-19-09

Three generations: Little Rock to Obama [video 5 min 51 sec]

For generations of African-Americans, a black US president was an impossible dream. Civil rights veteran Terrence Roberts explains his family's journey from segregation to the inauguration of President Obama.

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