Black History Month: President Barack Obama

We Are One People

Image source: C-SPAN. (2004, July 27). Senator Barack Obama 2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech. Retrieved from: https://www.c-span.org/video/?182718-3/senator-barack-obama-2004-democratic-national-convention-keynote-speech 

 “We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.” –From keynote address at Democratic National Convention. [2004]

Four years before he was elected President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama spoke these impactful words. President Obama was the first African American elected to be the President of the United States. Prior to serving as President, Mr. Obama was an Illinois state senator from 1997-2004, and a United States Senator from 2004-2008. Mr. Obama was also the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review.

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PresidentBarack Obama’s official White House page 

SenatorBarack Obama’s official Senate page 

Barack ObamaKeynote Speech at 2004 Democratic National Convention