Then an Illinois state senator, Barack Obama’s 2004 keynote speech electrified the convention and set him on a trajectory for the Democratic nomination four years later: "The pundits like to slice and ...

Twenty years ago, a young Illinois state senator took to the Democratic National Convention stage in Boston and delivered a speech that would help catapult him to the top of the presidential ticket ...

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More than 20 years ago, a then-state senator from Chicago entered the political lexicon of millions following a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Illinois delegates told ...

This article was originally featured in Foreign Policy, the magazine of global politics and ideas. Twenty years ago, a 42-year-old state senator named Barack Obama delivered a stirring address at the ...

It was just more than 20 years ago, on July 27, 2004, when a 17-minute keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in Boston put Barack Obama on the path to the presidency. Valerie Jarrett, ...

Paris Alston: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, which took place here in Boston. GBH political reporter Adam ...

Former President Barack Obama is said to view Tuesday's keynote at the Democratic National Convention as more important than the appearance 20 years ago that rocketed him to national attention and, ...

DENVER — Four years ago, Seamus Ahern watched Barack Obama’s electric keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention while in a Marine Corps barracks at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Jody Williams, winner of the 1997 Nobel Peace prize, addressed a capacity crowd in Kennedy's David L. Call Auditorium on Friday. Williams delivered the keynote address, "The Individual's Impact on ...