Daring to Believe, Blacks Savor Obama Victory
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African-Americans voiced pride and amazement over Senator Barack Obamaâs victory in Iowa, with some seeing the result as a signal moment in race relations.
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Barack Obama won a vital contest  in South Carolina on Saturday in his quest for the U.S.  Democratic presidential nomination, showing strength among  southern blacks who make up half the state's Democratic voters.
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U.S. Sen. Barack Obama did his best to highlight reasons for optimism in what might be Africa's largest slum during his brief stop there Sunday.
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The energized voters that candidates see on the campaign trail
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Pigskin and politics. It's an audience Barack Obama couldn't ignore.
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Democratic Barack Obama is the "Yes  We Can" candidate of the 2008 presidential race, an Elvis-like  presence riding a wave of popular enthusiasm unseen in U.S.  politics in many years.
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Barack Obama easily  won South Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential  primary with the aid of heavy black support on Tuesday, dealing  a setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of political  brawling.
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In one small town, Barack Obama connects with a  segment of the black electorate that he has yet to prove himself with
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The Illinois Senator is a different kind of African-American candidate. But some black politicians are witholding their support, questioning whether he can win
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Barack Obama's overwhelming victory in Illinois will make him only the fifth black U.S. senator in history &#151; and one of the nation's brightest political stars.
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Senator Barack Obama routed Hillary Clinton in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary on Saturday, riding massive African-American support to a critical win in his bid to become the first black US president.
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Polls suggest whites are more likely than blacks to say America is ready for a black president, which may be part of why much of the African-American community is cool to the presidential candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama.
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Barack Obama easily  won South Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential  primary with the aid of heavy black support on Saturday,  dealing a setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of  political brawling.
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Barack Obama didn't settle for a mere rout in South Carolina. After a landslide victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Illinois senator took a brash, brutal victory lap that he hopes will define her, her husband, and their his-and-hers candidacy in the days ahead.
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Beneath an oak tree on the campus of what is now Hampton University, historians say, Virginia blacks heard a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation and began to dream of a better life.
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Whether he emerges as victor or not, Obama has helped move society toward a colorblind ideal.
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If any election can prove that Southern blacks are not a monolithic voting bloc, it is the 2008 Democratic contest.