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President Barack Obama
In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama was elected President of the United
States, making him the first and only African American, the first and only member
of the Congressional Black Caucus, and the first and only member of a minority
congressional caucus to be elected to the nation’s highest office.
“On the challenges of our times…on the threats of our time…members of the
CBC have been leaders moving America forward,” President Obama said at the
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner
in 2015.
He continued, “Whatever I’ve accomplished,
the CBC has been there. I was proud to be a
CBC member when I was in the Senate,
and I’m proud to be your partner today.”
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