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Obama and the Burden of Race

In the United States and around the world, the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States was a landmark achievement. Obama’s success can be traced in part to his own exceptional qualities as a candidate, as well as a tide of anti-Republican sentiment in the waning days of the Bush administration, burdened with the War in Iraq and the failing economy. But what was it about the 2008 presidential election that made it historic?

Read our essay, Obama and the Burden of Race, here.