Barack Obama

Obama speech draws crowd at Northeastern

By Talia Whyte

The Bay State Banner

The coincidence was not lost on the crowd at Northeastern University’s John D. O’Bryant African American Institute.

Those who gathered to watch Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech last Thursday evening at the Democratic National Convention were very much aware that the event fell on the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

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Bostonians campaign for Obama in South Carolina

By Talia Whyte

The Bay State Banner

The droves of campaign volunteers that worked to help Barack Obama coast to a commanding victory in last Saturday’s South Carolina Democratic primary included a number of Boston boosters who, like many others around the country, find themselves enthused by the Illinois senator’s idealism and message of change.

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