To many Americans, Obama’s election as President marked______. [originaltext]

The racial violence in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson is presenting President Barack Obama with an issue to which he has a deep personal connection.(29)To many Americans, Obama’s election as America’s first black President marked a turning point in race relations in the United States, and Obama has made ending the violence a policy priority. On Monday he issued a new call for calm and understanding.
    The time for healing for which President Barack Obama hopes has yet to arrive in Ferguson.
    Interrupting a vacation, the President returned to the White House Monday and met with Attorney General Eric Holder, the man spearheading the administration’s efforts to independently investigate the shooting of a young unarmed black man by a white police officer.