Election '08 in Civil Rights' Ground Zero

Barack Obama Election 2008 in the Cradle of the Civil Rights Movement Photographer Mario Tama visits Selma and Birmingham as the nation elects its first black American president

Remembering Bobby
A sign on a barbershop door pairs Robert F. Kennedy and Barack Obama. As JFK's Attorney General, RFK was a strong advocate for enforcing the civil rights laws.

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