JUST IN: Kamala Harris becomes the first Black and South Asian woman nominated to a major party's presidential ticket
Former President Barack Obama speaks during the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 19. Democratic National Convention via AP
The former president was visibly emotional as he recalled the work of past generations, including “Black Americans chained and whipped and hanged, spit on for trying to sit at lunch counters, beaten for trying to vote.” Then Obama got to his point: If these Americans could still fight to make America a better place, Americans discouraged by this state of the country right now can still keep up the fight and vote.
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