WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many Americans are marveling that an African-American has risen to become a major candidate for president in a country that has taken a slow, painful path to try to rid itself of racism.
There is no disputing the history-making journey of Barack Obama in winning the Democratic presidential nomination. A half century ago in much of the South he would have been forced to sit behind whites in the back of a bus, and forbidden from eating at some restaurants.
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