You and your friend are discussing the legacy of President Barack Obama. Your friend argues that more than a century and a half since African Americans officially gained access to the political process through the post-Civil War amendments to the Constitution, historic promises of truly representative political participation have now been achieved. Explain to her that the election of an African American president did not change most of that political pattern.

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You and Your Friend Are Discussing the Legacy of President