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Obama helps NAACP mark 100 years of fighting racism

latimes.com
Jul. 16, 2009
He notes that the members' forerunners made it possible for him to become the first black president, but warns that discrimination continues. In his first address to the nation's civil rights leaders since his election, President Obama marked the centennial anniversary of the NAACP on Thursday by...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch