Many Blacks Find Joy in Unexpected Breakthrough
By MARCUS MABRY
Published: June 5, 2008
Kwabena Sam-Brew, a 38-year-old immigrant from Ghana, doubted that Nana, his 5-year-old American-born daughter, would remember the rally that effectively crowned Senator Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee Tuesday night.
“We as black people now have hope that we have never, ever had. I have new goals for my little girl. She can’t give me any excuses because she’s black.” KWABENA SAM-BREW, bus driver, Cottage Grove, Minn.
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“Our children need to be able to see a black adult as a leader for the country.” WILHELMINA BROWN, account representative, St. Paul
But Mr. Sam-Brew said he would describe it to her: “I will tell her, ‘Tonight is the night that all Americans became one.’ ”
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Many Blacks Find Joy in Unexpected Breakthrough
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