Barack Obama actually said...

Much of what we saw on our television screens 15 years ago was Los Angeles expressing a lingering, ongoing, pervasive legacy—a tragic legacy out of the tragic history this country has never fully come to terms with.

Context

Obama reflecting on the lasting impact of the LA Riots as part of America's unresolved historical issues.

06/04/2007

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