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Barack Obama: He had the courage to risk his own safety, to defy a Governor and a mob, and to walk proudly into that school.

On the recordSeptember 5, 2010
He had the courage to risk his own safety, to defy a Governor and a mob, and to walk proudly into that school.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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