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>> and i thought that was actually in a lot of ways the key of it. theres been a lot before, a discussion about the kinds of speeches the president gave in 2008 during the philadelphia race speech when he was trying to bridge these different worlds and speak from his very unique experience. theres been a lot of talk about speeches like the one at morehouse which is more about him speaking to the african-american community. this was a different kind of speech in that he was speak from the african...

And here are the experiences i have had and look where i am. ive heard him talk about pacta not picking him up, that sort of thing. this was personal. something he does not do easily or often. i was there for the jeremiah wright thing. i was there for that race speech in philadelphia. but that was scholarly. this wasnt so much scholarly as it was, try to understand here that the system itself still has real -- he didnt use the word "racist." but still has real problem. particularly for young afr...

Challenges in his life. its the dance between the public and the personal. thats what the president has to navigate. >> reporter: a year after his so-called race speech, president obama found himself in the middle of another race related firestorm, police arrested an african-american harvard professor in his own home after he showed i.d. listen to what the president said. >> i think its fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry. number two, that the cambridge police acted stupidly...

Navigate. >> reporter: a year after his so-called race speech, president obama found himself in the middle of another race related firestorm, police arrested an african-american harvard professor in his own home after he showed i.d. listen to what the president said. >> i think its fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry. number two, that the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. >> reporter: charges ...

Challenges in his life. the dance between the public and the personal. thats what the president has to navigate. >> reporter: a year after his so-called race speech, president obama found himself in the middle of another race-related firestorm. police had arrested an african-american professor, skip gates, in his own home, after he showed i.d. listen to what the president said. >> i think its fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry. number two, that the cambridge police acted st...

166 was the words, but it was very reviewed by a lot of officials. the president dictated it himself to the speech writers. this is something he thought a lot about beforehand. they feel like they had to plan this out for two reasons. the first being the president really feels. horribly for the martin family and wanted to speak to them in a personal way. the second thing is they wanted to make sure the president really spoke directly and encouraged people to remain calm and not have any kind of ...

He talks about race. but on fox news tonight, we have got barack obamas other race speech. tune in, tune in the smoking gun. that was the headline on the conservative website. the drudge report just a couple of weeks before the presidential election. and so, everybody tuned in to see what the big secret was. the big reveal and fox news played president obamas secret bombshell other devastating race speech. and it turned out to be just a speech that the president gave in 2007 at a major universit...

Stream of duly elected african-american city officials, state reps, members of congress, mayors. >> so from 68 to 08 was a 40-year period of really learning and engaging in the political process. out of that emerges president barack. he came in running the last lap, a tremendous last lap, of a 40-year race. >> im here because somebody marched for our freedom. im here because yall sacrificed for me. i stand on the shoulders of that. >> barack obama was not running to be a civil rights leader. sel...

Mayors. >> so from 68 to 08 was a 40-year period of really learning and engaging in the political process. out of that emerges president barack. he came in running the last lap, a tremendous last lap, of a 40-year race. >> im here because somebody marched for our freedom. im here because yall sacrificed for me. i stand on the shoulders of that. >> barack obama was not running to be a civil rights leader. selma helped make him possible, but dont confuse those that paid the price with those that a...

Students are waking up. guests who will be attending are arriving. theres a real excitement building here. and i think its going to be a great night. >> i think youre right y, mart. i have to talk but about the scene certificate in the political world today, the tapes so many folks have been buzzing about. first off, let start with the daily caller and drum last night putting this up headline. even michael mir is con nish was on, clicked on what was supposed to be the other race speech, supposed...