In speech, Obama confronts racial division in America
Nedra Pickler and Matt Apuzzo
PHILADELPHIA — Barack Obama unsparingly criticized his longtime pastor’s words while strongly defending the man himself Tuesday in a politically risky speech that appealed to the country to overcome racism and the black anger and white resentment it spawns.
Forming a more perfect union “requires all Americans to realize that your dreams do not have to come at the expense of my dreams,” said the Illinois senator running to become the nation’s first black president. Full story
Running with RFK
Rafer Johnson looks back on the 1968 campaign
Brian Wright O’Connor
When Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson signed on with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s insurgent 1968 presidential campaign, the commitment came with a price.
“I had just gotten the best job I could imagine in my life — as a sports commentator on KNBC in Los Angeles,” said Johnson. He knew that traveling around California with the candidate would cost him airtime, and maybe even the plum assignment itself. Full story
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