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It's a cliche that people who came of age after the civil rights movement, can't imagine the world of Jim Crow and segregation that preceded them. To a lesser extent, at 45--I turn 46 on Wednesday--I find it slightly hard to explain what America's racial environment was like in the late 80s and ...
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Full transcript as prepared for delivery of President
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the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you ...
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FULL TRANSCRIPT: President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
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Remarks as Prepared for Delivery January 20, 2009
My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by...
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A Racial Thaw?
Talking Points Memo —
How did we get here from the late 80s to this moment? Matt Cooper speculates.
After I read Matt's post it occurred to me that I given this particular slice of this moment that much thought. The comparisons to fifty years ago seem like the more obvious ones. But while I'm five or six years younger than Matt my recollections are similar. Twenty years ago was a very different time in America in racial terms.
Some of this, I think, is simply time. Some people and some ways of thinking will never really change until the people themselves move off the ...
Race Since The 80s
Political Animal —
Race Since The 80s Matt Cooper has a really interesting post at TPMDC, on the difficulty of explaining to people who weren't around (or old enough) at the time just how different, and more troubled, race relations were like in the 80s and early 90s. He asks: "Why is America's racial atmosphere less poisonous than it was then?" And he offers a few answers: the drop in black crime and teen pregnancy, the disappearance of issues like school busing,the mainstreaming of hip-hop, Bill Clinton's ease with African-Americans and Bush's cabinet picks. Josh Marshall ...
Race Since The 80s
Obsidian Wings —
... Matt Cooper has a really interesting post at TPMDC, on the difficulty of explaining to people who weren't around (or old enough) at the time just how different, and more troubled, race relations were like in the 80s and early 90s. He asks: "Why is America's racial atmosphere less poisonous than it was then?" And he offers a few answers: the drop in black crime and teen pregnancy, the disappearance of issues like school busing,the mainstreaming of hip-hop, Bill Clinton's ease with African-Americans and Bush's cabinet ...
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A More Perfect Union
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Martin Luther King may have had a dream but Barack Obama has a theme: He wants to make America a more perfect union. He’s mentioned it twice in two days, and I think it will reappear in the coming days and in his Inaugural ...
Time to Go: Bank of America must fire CEO Ken Lewis
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President Obama’s Inaugural Address
blogs.wsj.com 1/20/2009 — As prepared for delivery.
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, ...
Your Take #28
talkingpointsmemo.com 1/21/2009 — From TPM Reader MJ ...
As an African-American, there is, of course, a sense of pride, but its certainly one tempered by a sense of loss.
I still remember the stories from 2004, when the Red Sox won the World Series, and Bostonians...one of the ...
President Obama's Inaugural Address
dailykos.com 1/20/2009 — Oath administered. We now have a new president. Hail to the Chief. President Barack Obama. The inaugural address, as prepared for delivery: My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have ...
'We are ready to lead once more'
washingtonmonthly.com 1/20/2009 — 'WE ARE READY TO LEAD ONCE MORE'.... The full transcript of President Barack Obama's inaugural address is below....
Obama’s Remarks on Education
blogs.wsj.com 3/10/2009 — President Barack Obama said he backs the idea of merity pay the best school teachers, a position that his union supporters have fought. Here, the full text of his prepared remarks:
Every so often, throughout our history, a generation of ...
Dear Bank of America
culturekitchen.com 1/28/2009 — Dear Bank of America,
I am a customer. That's right. I have a couple of Bank of America credit cards. My wife and I are also looking for a bank for some accounts. But you know, your ingratitude leads me to refuse to bank with you and to consider ...
Inauguration: Weekend wrap —
First Read 1/19/2009
The Washington Post on yesterday’s event in front of the Lincoln Memorial: “By some estimates, more than 400,000 people filled the western end of the Mall for the official start of a three-day jubilee of prayers, parades and parties. They endured ...
Obama poised to become 44th U.S. president —
Reuters: Politics 1/20/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama was poised to make history on Tuesday as America's first black president, riding the optimism of millions of people into power and inheriting a recession and two wars that will test his skills.
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