Barack Obama speech in Selma Alabama, commemorating the 1965 civil rights march

[jefferson_dem]

Run time: 06:38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r-XG_VJZDw   Posted on YouTube: March 05, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 09, 2007 By DU Member: jefferson_dem Views on DU: 855

 
In case someone tries to fool people into thinking Obama doesn't appreciate and respect those who have walked before him...

[madrchsod]

1. a lot of people do`t get what he is saying

my generation made a lot of mistakes and not to listen or even think about what he said is as closed minded as the people we dislike

[ourbluenation]

2. I totally agree. thx for posting this.

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[JDPriestly]

3. It is a stirring speech, but Obama needs to review his history.

I like Obama, but he needs to be more accurate in discussing his history.

Obama was born August 4, 1961.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

The first Selma march was March 1965.

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/modern/selma_1

Kenyans achieved their freedom from British rule and established themselves as an independent country before the Selma march. Selma had nothing to do with Obama's father's education or opportunities.

http://www.kenyaweb.com/history/struggle/index.html

As a reaction of their exclusion from political representation, the Kikuyu people, the most subject to pressure by the settlers, founded in 1921 Kenya's first African political protest movement, the Young Kikuyu Association, led by Harry Thuku. This was to become the Kenya African Union (KAU), an African nationalist organization demanding access to white-owned land. In 1947 its presidency was given to Jomo Kenyatta.

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to December 1959, Kenya was under a state of emergency arising from the Mau Mau rebellion against British colonial rule. African participation in the political process developed rapidly during the latter part of the period as British policymakers sought to isolate the insurgents and their supporters. The first direct elections for Africans to the Legislative Council took place in 1957.

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Despite British hopes of handing power to more "moderate" African rivals, it was the Kenya African National Union (KANU) of Jomo Kenyatta, a member of the large Kĩkũyũ tribe and former prisoner under the emergency, which formed a government shortly before Kenya became independent on December 12, 1963. A year later, Kenyatta became Kenya's first president on the establishment of a republic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kenya