Springfield

• Barack Obama Democracy President White House
• At 2/11/2016 03:55:00 p.m.
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Nine years ago today, I stood on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, to announce my candidacy for President of the United States.I asked you to join me in taking up the unfinished business of perfecting our union -- to work together to build a better future.Along the way, Americans like you have done that by playing the most important role in our democracy -- t...

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50 years ago...

• Alabama Democracy Democrasy President President Lyndon Johnson
• At 8/07/2015 07:20:00 a.m.
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Every year, I head back to the birthplace of a new America -- Selma, Alabama -- where a determined struggle for voting rights transformed our democracy 50 years ago.On March 7, 1965, Hosea Williams and I led a band of silent witnesses, 600 nonviolent crusaders, intending to march 50...

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