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Trymaine Lee

Obama Taps Campaign Star To Rally Crucial Black And Minority Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 01.01.2012

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CHICAGO -- When Michael Blake became an organizer with then-Senator Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election campaign, he was just 25 and was already...

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Has Black America Become President Obama's Political Mistress?

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 11.29.2011

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Dr. Boyce Watkins

If African Americans should not expect any semblance of targeted political support from President Obama, shouldn't that also imply that he should not expect preferential treatment from us?

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Falling Out of Love With Obama

Omar Tyree | Posted 11.08.2011

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Omar Tyree

As we now head toward a reelection campaign, where the president asks the people to "Finish what we started," the African-American community is forced to ask itself, which "we" is President Barack Obama referring to?

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Elijah Cummings: Obama Needs To 'Fight Harder' For Black Community

Posted 10.21.2011

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Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), responding to the high unemployment rates in the black community, said that African-Americans feel President Barack Obam...

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Obama, the Black Agenda & Reality

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 07.20.2011

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Rev. Al Sharpton

As African Americans continue to bear the brunt of socio-economic hardship, there are some who similarly have unviable expectations of our first Black president.

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Is President Obama in Danger of Losing the Black Vote?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The fact that Valma Hart in a crucial public forum on national TV had the audacity to confront the President with a perfectly legitimate concern speaks volumes about the level of unrest among some core Obama supporters.

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African-American Voter Turnout in 2010 May Hinge on the President Who Happens to be Black

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Ross

An African-American friend told me that "Obama is not the African-American President. He's a black man who happens to be the President." Will that no...

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Women And The 2008 Election: A New Majority

Julie Menin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Julie Menin

While some celebrated that New Hampshire just became the first state to have a majority of women legislators in one of their chambers, the question to ask is, why are they the only ones?

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Obama Election Didn't Mobilize Chicago's Black Wards

Chi-Town Daily News | Geoff Dougherty | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alderman Emma Mitts worked hard in the days before the presidential election to ensure that citizens in her West Side ward would take advantage of the...

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Our Eyes Have Seen The Glory

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Timothy Cooper

On November 5th, I examined the red, weary eyes of my fellow taxpayers, which showed the residue of a sleepless night spent checking every news channel to see if it was really true.

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NAACP Head: Obama Win Won't End Race As Issue In America

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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CINCINNATI — Racial disparity will remain an issue in America, regardless of whether Barack Obama is elected as the nation's first black preside...

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GOP Rep: Obama Could Destroy Us In The South

Posted 05.25.2011

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Florida Rep. Adam Putnam doesn't think Barack Obama can win the South. But he predicts Obama's campaign strategy will cause Republicans significant do...

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Ninety-nine and a Half Won't Do

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lapham's Quarterly

Obama's nomination is perhaps most starkly contrasted with the unbridled hatred encountered by African American politicians during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period between 1865 and 1877.

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Watch: NYC Hip Hop Community Discusses Obama's Candidacy

URBNews.tv | Posted 05.25.2011

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Watch members of the New York hip hop scene discuss Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's candidacies: ...

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