RECORD NUMBERS STOOD IN LINE TO VOTE IN THIS HISTORIC ELECTION.
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NC HAILS HISTORIC OBAMA VICTORY, WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6-12, 2008
Even though North Carolina, at press time Wednesday, had yet to electorally join the rest of nation in declaring Sen. Barack Obama the next president of the United States, that didn't stop state leaders from proudly acknowledging the African-American president-elect's monumental achievement.
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Barack Obama Elected America's First Black President
WASHINGTON(NNPA) – After a fierce fight of two years to change the course of history, U. S. Senator Barack Obama has been elected the first African-American president of the United States.
His win culminates an American history that expands from Black slavery to Jim Crow to a modern day civil rights movement still marked by institutional racism. “America ...
Black Youth to Organize After the Election
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - The Eighth Annual Black Youth Vote! Civic Leadership Training Conference, ''We Voted, Now What?: Taking Youth Civic Engagement to the Next Level,'' will take place November 12-15, 2008 at the National Education Association headquarters, 1201 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC. For information call (202) 659-4929.
''This is an exciting year for Black Youth Vote!,'' says Melanie L. Campbell, ...
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