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Obama Accepts Nomination With Sweeping Speech

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama addresses the audience at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama addresses the audience at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Sen. Barack Obama is now officially the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.

For analysis of his history-making acceptance speech, NPR's Tony Cox talks with Farai Chideya, Melissa Harris Lacewell — associate professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University — and Marc Lamont Hill, assistant professor of urban education and American studies at Temple University.

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