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Getting Used to a Black President – Melissa Harris-Lacewell

Posted in Politics with tags , , on December 1, 2008 by blackownedny

Political scientist Melissa Harris-Lacewell examines how Barack Obama may affect Americans’ conceptualization of race and the Presidency, should he be elected to the position.

Barack Obama in Harlem (Part 1)

Posted in Politics with tags , , on February 19, 2008 by blackownedny

Barack Obama hosted a fund raiser at Harlem’s “World Famous” Apollo Theater on the evening of November 29th 2007.

The event featured supporters comedian Chris Rock, scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West, and New York State Senator Bill Perkins. Obama spoke to a standing room crowd of approximately 1,500 people. The video was taken by Harlem resident and Obama supporter Troy Johnson; founder of AALBC.com and Sr. Book Editor of Harlem World Magazine.

Barack Obama in Harlem (Part 2)

Posted in Politics with tags , , on February 19, 2008 by blackownedny

Barack Obama hosted a fund raiser at Harlem’s “World Famous” Apollo Theater on the evening of November 29th 2007.

The event featured supporters comedian Chris Rock, scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West, and New York State Senator Bill Perkins. Obama spoke to a standing room crowd of approximately 1,500 people. The video was taken by Harlem resident and Obama supporter Troy Johnson; founder of AALBC.com and Sr. Book Editor of Harlem World Magazine.

Michelle Obama in Harlem

Posted in Politics with tags , , on February 19, 2008 by blackownedny

 Excerpts from Michelle Obama’s June 26, 2007 speech at Harlem’s Our Children’s Foundation on 125th.