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Following This Historic Election, Discover One of the Civil Rights Movement's Unsung Heroes
In the wake of the historic election of our first African-American president, there is cause to look back and appreciate the unacknowledged heroes on whose shoulders this victory, in part, rests. One such individual is Claudette Colvin, who is the subject of National Book-Award finalist Phillip Hoose’s forthcoming nonfiction title CLAUDETTE COLVIN: TWICE TOWARD JUSTICE (Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Melanie Kroupa Books / February 2, 2009). The book reveals the true story of Ms. Colvin, who, as a fifteen-year old in 1955 The Montgomery Advertiser notes, “Barack Obama expressed an opinion eloquently . . . when he said . . . ‘It’s a long time coming, but because of what we did on this day, at this defining moment, change has come to 2 comments from 2 users
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posted by
mbogo
on Nov 17, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Michael, What do you think of all the hateful language and possible threats to Obama that are being investigated across the country right now.? I think I was most surprised by the amount of it going on in Idaho, from the display in Bonner County suggesting hanging Obama to the grade school children on talking about assassinating Obama on the school bus in Madison County. Do you think it is just people expressing anger at the first Black President, and it will go away as people realize the race of the President isn't an issue, or do you think it indicates a dangerous turning point in our history that will create large divisions among people? posted by
MichaelStrickland
on Nov 18, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Smokey, Most of what is coming out is simply the airing of an ugly undrecurrent that was always in existence in Idaho and across our nation. If you recall, after Boise State won the Fiesta Bowl, Ian Johnson, who is black, proposed to his fiance, who is white, on national television. As a result, several threats and racist taunts were phoned in to the Boise State athletic office, as well as to their wedding facility. Such people have always been around and always will be. Similar to Johnson's situation, Obama's win simply gave these racists a target and a context for their hate. For example, there are only so many times that you can hang Al Sharpton in effigy, in Idaho or elsewhere. Sharpton is just a basic hustler. He didn't win a Fiesta bowl for Idaho, and he will never be President of the United States. So now the bigots have some new people to throw mud at. Here is the good news. Ian Johnson managed to quickly put the adversity behind him, and has continued to be productive and happy here in Idaho and on the field at Boise State. Obama has the same winning attitude and will be fine as President of the United States, regardless of what others choose to say or do.
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