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On its 100th anniversary, Obama pays tribute to NAACP

The nation's first African-American president addressed the nation's oldest civil rights organization at its 100th anniversary convention in Manhattan Thursday night at the Hilton New York, telling a packed and cheering crowd his election was made possible by the organization's history of successes and the courage of its leaders.

"Because of them I stand here tonight, on the shoulders of...

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