365 PROJECT: ‘Blacks on Barack’
11/09/08 Morning Edition
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“I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you.” –President Elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech
Senator Barack Obama’s presidential election win continues to send shockwaves across the African Diaspora. The presidential-elect is will be the nation’s 44th President and first Black voted into the office. The historical impact of Obama’s victory is on the minds of many African Americans around the area.
Senator Barack Obama’s presidential election win continues to send shockwaves across the African Diaspora. The presidential-elect is will be the nation’s 44th President and first Black voted into the office. The historical impact of Obama’s victory is on the minds of many African Americans around the area.
Tricities.com Reporter Nicki Mayo talks with six Blacks spanning several generations about the president-elect and what this means for American history. * ETSU Junior Ash-Lee Henderson
* Friendship Baptist Church’s Rev. C.H. Charlton
* J.C-Washington Co., TN NAACP President Ralph Davis
* ETSU Senior Indya Holloway
* ETSU Physiology Fellow Cerrone Foster, Ph.D.
* J.C. Power Board’s Robert White
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