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First published on July 10, 2007, doi:10.1177/0021934707305057

Journal of Black Studies 2007;38:51.

A more recent version of this article appeared on September 1, 2007

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The Audacity of Hope

Dewey Clayton*

University of Louisville

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: d.clayton{at}louisville.edu.


  Abstract
As the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Illinois, Barack Obama electrified the country with his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. After having served only 2 years in his first term as a U.S. senator from Illinois, Senator Obama in 2007 announced his candidacy for president of the United States of America. He is the rising star in the Democratic Party and regularly draws huge crowds at his campaign events. He is only the third African American of a major political party to run for the office of the president. Obama is extremely charismatic and appeals to voters across racial lines and party lines. The heart of his campaign is a message of hope that transcends race and attempts to bring a divided country together.
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