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The America he knows: US President Barack Obama says the country’s identity is anchored in the plurality of its citizens’ backgrounds.

Captivating #ObamaSpeech gives Twitter a reason to believe

US president ignites a spirit of patriotism in his endorsement of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Ofentse Mboweni

US first lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

Michelle Obama’s elegant takedown of Donald Trump: ‘When they go low, we go high’

Read the full transcript of the first lady’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, in which she endorsed Hillary Clinton and slammed Trump.

Kiri Rupiah