Barack Obama: “Progress did not come easily, and that our work to widen the circle of…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2012

Progress did not come easily, and that our work to widen the circle of opportunity for all Americans is not complete.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8776—National African American History Month

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