Debra Dickerson

essayist and author

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Essayist and author of The End of Blackness and An American Story

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Barack Hussein Obama is now president of the United States.

Inauguration Day for President Barack Obama

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An African-American rode to the White House yesterday on what pollsters call "a storm of voter dissatisfaction" and the promise of change.

From Making History to Governing the White House

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With just two years in the Senate, Barak Obama is a political star who wants to be America's first black president .

Barak Obama: Race and Inexperience

With just two years in the Senate, Barak Obama is a political star who wants to be America's first black president .

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