Ok everyone, turn off the televisons, turn up the speakers, gather your family, children and loved ones around the computer. Dedicate a half hour out of your time to your country by watching what almost every news channel covering it calls the most potent political speech concerning race since Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, by leading Democratic candidate for President, and quite possibly the next President of the United States, Barack Obama.
In light of the statements of Barack Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright and the public uproar afterwards, Barack Obama decided to confront the issue of Jeremiah Wrights preaching, with a broader discussion on race, and the progress of race relations since the start of our union. This speech carried a serious delicate tone unlike his energetically inspirational speeches he gives on the stump, but it may in fact be the most important speech he has given in his life. A remarkable speech for a remarkable time.
March 18, 2008
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