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Article: democratic national convention: obama officially nominated; UNITED IN REVELRY; Delegates celebrate historic nomination of Barack Obama as their presidential candidate.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 28, 2008
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Byline: KEVIN DIAZ; STAFF WRITER
DENVER - Barack Obama, the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, claimed the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday amid chants of "Obama" and "Yes we can."
Sealing a long-anticipated moment in history, Obama won the nomination by the acclamation of thousands of roaring delegates, making him the first black man to assume a major party's mantle for the presidency.
"It's a miracle, it's a dream," said Eden Prairie delegate Tori Hill, a black travel consultant. "We've reached the mountain top. ... It's surreal. It is our time, our moment. It is America's moment."
The ...