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Searching for Tobias
In Mississippi in 2008, Chloe Hadjimatheou met a 15-year-old black boy with dreams of being a policeman. Did he prosper in Obama's America?
In 2008 Chloe Hadjimatheou was covering Barack Obama's first election campaign when she came across a 15-year-old black boy in a Mississippi trailer park. Back then the young Tobias was full of potential and had big dreams of becoming a policeman. Eight years later, Chloe goes in search of him to find what became of him. Did Tobias ever fulfil his wishes and has he prospered in Obama's America?
(Photo: An image of Tobias next to an image of President Obama)
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