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A Year Into the Obama Presidency, High Black Expectations Have Not Been Met
Glen Ford, BAR executive editor
21 Jan 2010
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A full year after the swearing in of the nation's first black president, notes Glen Ford, African American expectations are far from being met.  Still, it will take a good while before many African Americans can begin to distance themselves from their First Black President. BAR Executive Editor Glen Ford is interviewed by Paul Jay of the Real News Network.


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