truthdig.com - 11/4/2008
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I know there’s a chance that the first African-American to make a serious run for the presidency will lose. But that is precisely what’s new: I’m talking about possibility, not inevitability. For African-Americans, this is nothing short of mind-blowing.
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iowahawk.typepad.com - 11/6/2008
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iowahawk.typepad.com —
Although I have not always been the most
outspoken advocate of President-Elect Barack Obama, today I would...
like to congratulate him and add my voice to the millions of fellow citizens who are celebrating his historic and frightening election victory. ...
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Election Analysis: America Can Take Pride In This ...
washingtonpost.com - 11/4/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
Whoever wins this election, I understand what Barack
Obama meant when he said his faith in the...
American people had been "vindicated" by his campaign's success. I understand what Michelle Obama meant, months ago, when she said she was "proud of my ...
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A New Kind of Pride
theonion.com - 11/11/2008
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Meeting Obama
The Republic of T. —
I just dare you to watch this and not feel something.
He didn’t say it in so many words, but I’m willing to bet that Charles Alexander has thought to himself at some point, “I never thought I’d live to see the day…”
To understand the reason for his emotions about this election, you have to understand the context.
…In my gut, I know there’s a chance that the first African-American to make a serious run for the presidency will lose. ...
A Change
The Republic of T. —
... Baines, a 114-year-old daughter of former slaves who cast her vote for Barack Obama in this election. I thought of Ann Nixon Cooper, the 106-year-old daughter of former slaves Obama mentioned in his speech last night, and who also cast her vote for him. I thought of all they’d seen — all under the same unchanged sky I gazed upon last night — and how they’d seen the day they likely never thought they would.
To understand why, you have to understand the context of their America. ...
Terrance Heath: A Change is Gonna Come
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Baines, a 114-year-old daughter of former slaves who cast her vote for Barack Obama in this election. I thought of Ann Nixon Cooper, the 106-year-old daughter of former slaves Obama mentioned in his speech last night, and who also cast her vote for him. I thought of all they'd seen — all under the same unchanged sky I gazed upon last night — and how they'd seen the day they likely never thought they would.
To understand why, you have to understand the context of their America. ...
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