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Barack Obama: “Out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come.”

On the recordJuly 26, 2004
Out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama expressing optimism for the future during his keynote speech.

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