Barack Obama actually said...

I think people can say my election symbolizes some progress at least within the small confines of the legal community. I think it's real important to keep the focus on the broader world out there.

Context

Barack Obama comments on the significance of his election as the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review.

07/03/2008

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