What Obama's candidacy means to the movement

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Barack Obama is preparing to accept the Democratic nomination in an evening sparked with history. Forty five years after Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the speech known as "I have a dream," we ask whether the civil rights movement has achieved most of its goals.

Guests

• Derrick Alridge: Director and associate professor of African American Studies at the University of Georgia. By phone from Athens.

Broadcast Dates

• Midmorning, 08/28/2008, 9:06 a.m.