Michael Dukakis speech on becoming Democratic candidate
- Title
- Michael Dukakis speech on becoming Democratic candidate
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 20 Apr 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:00:19
- Description
- Speech by Democratic Party front-runner, Michael Dukakis, in the US presidential election to run against Republican George H W Bush. His decisive victory in the crucial New York primary has ended Jesse Jackson’s hopes of becoming the first Black man to reach the White House. A jubilant Dukakis has told his supporters that he won’t let them down.
- Contributors
- Michael Dukakis
- Keywords
- USA; Elections; Democratic Party; Presidential candidates
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