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Voices of Harlem: Voters in Historic Black Neighborhood Discuss Their Votes
by via Democracy Now
Wednesday Nov 5th, 2008 5:50 PM
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 :We speak with voters coming out of a polling site on 144th St. and Malcolm X Blvd. in Harlem, New York.
Voices from Harlem,

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§Melissa Harris-Lacewell on President-Elect Obama
by via Democracy Now Wednesday Nov 5th, 2008 5:49 PM
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 :We speak with Melissa Harris-Lacewell about the election of Barack Obama as forty-fourth president of the United States. Lacewell is an associate professor of politics and African American atudies at Princeton University and a contributing writer at TheRoot.com. She is finishing her new book Sister Citizen: A Text for Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Politics When Being Strong Isn’t Enough.

Guest:

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University. She is a contributing writer at TheRoot.com. She is finishing her new book Sister Citizen: A Text for Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Politics When Being Strong Isn’t Enough.

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§Obama Wins Larger Share of Popular Vote Than Any Democrat Since Johnson
by via Democracy Now Wednesday Nov 5th, 2008 5:49 PM
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 :Barack Obama was elected the forty-fourth president of the United States on Tuesday. The first-term senator from Illinois easily defeated John McCain on Tuesday, winning a larger share of the popular vote than any Democrat since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. We play an excerpt of his victory speech.

Barack Obama, elected 44th president of the United States.

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§Green Party Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney Responds to Obama Win
by via Democracy Now Wednesday Nov 5th, 2008 5:49 PM
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 :We speak with Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney. National results indicate McKinney placed sixth in overall voting behind Barack Obama, John McCain, independent candidate Ralph Nader, Libertarian Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party.

Guest:

Cynthia McKinney, Green Party presidential nominee. Former Democratic congresswoman from Georgia.

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