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15. Hawaii roots made Obamas presidency special

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Hawaii roots made Obama’s presidency special

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lmost nine years ago, then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama in giving his campaign-defining “More Perfect Union” speech set what many hoped would be the course to a new United States.

In discussing race and answering the critics of his former pastor, the man who would make history as the U.S.’s first African-American presidential nominee and two-term president, talked of racial tensions, white privilege and black anger in a manner so compelling, inclusive and direct that it filled supporters and voters with hope.

“I believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together — unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes; that we may not look the same and we may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction — towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren,” Obama said.

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