Campaign 2008

Obama on race in America

St. Paul, Minn. — Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama spoke Tuesday in Philadelphia about America's history of racial division, and his hope for a conversation about race that can help unite the country.

NPR senior correspondent Juan Williams joins Midday to discuss what Obama's speech means for the rest of the 2008 presidential campaign.

Guests

• Juan Williams: NPR senior correspondent, former White House reporter for the Washington Post and author of the nonfiction bestseller, "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965."

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