Farewell President Obama: The legacy of Barack Obama

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    Guests: IMANI PERRY, MICHAEL D’ANTONIO, JAMES PETERSON

    On Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama gave a farewell speech in Chicago that called on the next generation of leaders to step up and get involved in making the country a better place. In this hour, Marty’s guests react to the speech and examine the high and lows of the past eight years under the Obama administration. We’ll be joined by IMANI PERRY, professor of African American studies at Princeton University, MICHAEL D’ANTONIO, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of “A Consequential President” And rounding out our trio of guests is JAMES PETERSON, Director of Africana studies and associate professor of English at Lehigh University. Go to our Twitter and Facebook pages to rate Obama’s legacy.

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