U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the 2012 National Urban League Conference

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President Obama addresses the National Urban League at their convention in New Orleans, LA. He recounts the struggle for equal rights and the reasons the Urban League was formed. Obama talks about equal opportunity, hard work, and achieving the American dream. He declares education is an economic issue and speaks about the need to change firearm laws to step-up background checks adding restrictions to keep mentally unbalanced individuals from buying weapons, all as part of an initiative to reduce all kinds of violence. His comments are made in the wake of a mass shooting in Aurora, CO.

Date Issued:

2012-07-25T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

United States, United States, and United States

Subject Topic:

History, Civil rights, History, American Dream, Education, Economic aspects, Firearms, and Law and legislation

Subject Name:

National Urban League

Language:

English

Rights:

No Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m50c4sk68