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McCain Talks To NAACP, Courts GOP Blacks In Ohio

By Audie Cornish
Published July 17, 2008 at 6:00 AM EDT

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain addressed the annual meeting of the NAACP on Wednesday in Cincinnati. He faces an uphill battle in his effort to bring African-American voters to his side. His Democratic challenger, Barack Obama, is the first African-American to be nominated by a major party.

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