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Roland Burris: “America has done something that I dreamed I would never see, and I'm 72 years old.”

On the recordMay 18, 2010
America has done something that I dreamed I would never see, and I'm 72 years old.
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Roland Burris
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Burris expresses pride in the election of an African American President.

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