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President Barack Obama speaks during a graduation ceremony in Ohio. When he was a senator, Obama wrote the foreward to the State of Black America report for 2007. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

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State of Black America


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For 30 years, the National Urban League has issued a report on what it means to be black in America and what the president should do to eliminate inequality. The Urban League has praise, as well as some recommendations, for the first African-American president. Also: what journalists in the black community are encountering when they criticize President Obama.

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  • Stephanie Jones: Executive director, National Urban League Policy Institute.
  • Clarence Page: Columnist and editorial board member of the Chicago Tribune.

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