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U.S. Government & Elections Racial Justice

In Front of Record Convention Crowd, Obama Accepts Democratic Nomination

by via Democracy Now
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 5:04PM
Friday, August 29, 2008 :Senator Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party's nomination last night before a record convention crowd of over 84,000 at Invesco Field in Denver, becoming the first major party African American presidential nominee in US history. Obama's nomination speech came on the forty-fifth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington. We play an excerpt of his address.
Barack Obama, Democratic presidential nominee.

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§Obama Launches Sharp Assault on McCain, Bush in Acceptance Speech
by via Democracy Now
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 5:03PM
Friday, August 29, 2008 :In his historic acceptance speech, Sen. Barack Obama launched a sharp assault on Republican presidential rival John McCain and President Bush. Obama accepted the Democratic Party's nomination before a record crowd of over 84,000 at Invesco Field in Denver.

Barack Obama, Democratic presidential nominee.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/29/obam...
§Reactions to Obama Speech from the Stands of Spectators to Delegates on the Stadium Floor
by via Democracy Now
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 5:03PM
Friday, August 29, 2008 :Part II of our interviews with spectators and delegates inside Mile High Stadium in Denver, where Barack Obama addressed more than 84,000 people in the largest crowd at a Democratic convention in US history.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/29/reac...
§Hundreds of Denver Residents in Historic African American Five Points Neighborhood Gather to Watch Obama Speech
by via Democracy Now
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 5:03PM
Friday, August 29, 2008 :While Barack Obama spoke before over 84,000 people at Invesco Field, many residents of Denver gathered elsewhere in the city to watch his speech. Democracy Now! goes to the historic African American neighborhood of Five Points to get reaction from residents who converged to watch a live telecast in a tent set up by the organizers of the Denver Jazz and Blues Festival.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/29/hund...
§Rep. John Lewis, Rosey Grier, Wendell Pierce and Many More React to Obama Nomination from Stadium Floor
by via Democracy Now
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 5:05PM
Friday, August 29, 2008 :Democracy Now! goes to the Mile High Stadium, where Barack Obama addressed more than 84,000 people in the largest crowd at a Democratic convention in US history, surpassing John F. Kennedy's acceptance in 1960 at the L.A. Coliseum. An estimated 25 million people watched Obama on TV. We get reactions from the endless lines outside to the stands of spectators to the delegates on the stadium floor.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/29/rep_...
§Michael Eric Dyson Puts Obama's Address in Historical Context
by via Democracy Now
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 5:05PM
Friday, August 29, 2008 :We discuss the significance of Barack Obama's historic presidential nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic convention with Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University, where he teaches theology, English and African American studies. He is also an ordained Baptist minister and the author of sixteen books, including April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America and Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster.

Guest:

Michael Eric Dyson, professor at Georgetown University, where he teaches theology, English and African American studies. He is also an ordained Baptist minister and the author of sixteen books, including April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death and How It Changed America and Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/29/mich...
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