Tag: history

  • On “60 Minutes”

    Obama And The Presidency (18:25) The Personal Transition (14:58) A Father’s Promise (3:56) (CBS) Since Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States 12 days ago, he has largely remained out of sight, getting high-level government briefings and conferring with his transition team. But he surfaced on Friday afternoon in Chicago, alongside…

  • March of history

    I found this story, From slave cabin to White House, a family rooted in black America, published by the Times of London, over the weekend and could not get over it. As an immigrant to this country, I cannot claim to know what African-Americans who have slaves for ancestors must feel at this barrier-shattering historic…

  • Historic record*

    I had complained in a post earlier about the front page of The New York Times that carried the news of President-elect Barack Obama’s victory in the 2008 presidential election. I felt that it was, at least, inappropriate and did not rise to standard of previous his Times front pages. I don’t know if this…

  • Obama wins!

    OBAMA ELECTED 44TH PRESIDENT OBAMA DELIVERS VICTORY SPEECH: ‘WE WILL GET THERE’ MCCAIN CONCEDES: ENDS ‘LONG JOURNEY’ IN PHOENIX OBAMA WINS First African American in highest U.S. office Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune By Maeve Reston and Michael Muskal | 8:05 p.m. The first-term Democratic senator from Illinois defeats Republican John McCain. Reporting from Phoenix…

  • TAKE PRIDE, PROFESSOR URGES BLACKS

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, October 20, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A03 After professor Rosalind Jeffries concluded a speech urging blacks to take pride in their heritage, a waiter went over and thanked her for inspiring him and exhorted her to press on with…

  • COLUMN/SECOND LOOK: THE LANDING ON RUNWAY GWB

    The George Washington Bridge has been the scene of many suicides, accidents, and odd happenings during its 60-year history. But even after a quarter-century, what happened on Dec. 26, 1965, stuns the imagination.