28 Aug
“Seismic.”
“Seismic” is how the pundits described Barack Obama’s speech accepting the Democratic party’s nomination for President of the United States.
Shaken free of my cynicism is how I feel right now.
I experienced this history with Twitterfriends and my mom on Twitter. Simultaneously I was instant messaging my oldest friend, who is in all ways except biology [...]
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28 Aug
Forty five years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I have a dream speech” and changed America. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, one man with a vision exposed America’s abandonment of “justice for all” and pushed basic truths into the light. Dr. King’s dream, that all people would be judged [...]
Posted in Barack Obama, Politics, democratic national convention by: Carmen D.
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