Let's go change the world: Black America on Obama's election day
In November 2008 I spent the day of the presidential election listening to the black community of Washington DC
Fifteen years ago this month, in November 2008, I was working in the United States covering the presidential election contest between Barack Obama and John McCain. I spent election day with the African-American community of Washington DC, exploring what it meant to them for a black man to be heading for the White House. Some of what I heard surprised me…
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