Video: Obama’s 1991 ad for ‘Black History Minute’

The Ticket Reports: When Barack Obama gave a rousing speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, it catapulted him to political fame and secured his place as one of the country’s best-known orators.

But a new viral video of the president shows he wasn’t always a natural.

In a 1991 ad for TBS’ “Black History Minute,” the then-Harvard Law Review editor appears a little less comfortable in front of the camera than he is today, and displays his reliance on the teleprompter. You can check out the video for yourself above.