… what, no one can put it into words. I watched at midnight here in the UK as Senator Hillary Clinton, in the most magnanimous of unifying gestures, stopped the vote count by asking the convention to suspend its rules, ensure all of the ballots are counted and accept her floor nomination of Barack Obama [...]
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Tears of…
Posted on 28 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (7) | Tags: $300 tuition, 10-years of living in the EU, 1963, 1st and 2nd generation immigrants, 38-years as a dedicated nurse and clinical instructor, 45-years ago, accept her floor nomination of Obama, acclamation, after 43-years, asking the convention to suspend its rules, Aunt Ivy, Avon, bounced the baby Colin Powell on her knee, burst into wild cheers, clinton, Dean of Simmons College, democratic party, Dr. King, emotional, ensure all of the ballots are counted, entrepreneurial dreams, first realtor quietly suggested to look in another area, full realisation, gave her a scholarship for that last term, George W. Bush, graduate from University in the 50’s, grandfather, he lived vicariously through the swings of my life’s wo, I Have a Dream speech, I place hand over heart in thanks to their memory, impressed with her determination, in their lifetime, Jamaica, magnanimous, midnight, Montego Bay Jamaica Airport, moved and rose to the moment, Nancy Pelosi, obvious pain of losing, party’s nominee, President, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, settle in for four-five hours, sons of slaves and the sons of slave owners, stocking lettuce, Stop and Shop, stopped the vote count, stunned convention hall, Tears, tears streaming down their faces, the Bronx, The Clintons, the only job an immigrant of colour could expect, this is an historic time for us all, unifying gesture, Washington DC, we would not have witnessed the thrill and joy of yeste, without the struggles
I Have A Dream
Posted on 05 June 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, I Have a Dream, Lincoln Memorial
For Our EU Friends Who May Never Have Seen This
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as [...]
In Praise of Lions
Posted on 21 May 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1963, 1969, 1980 presidential run, 2nd World War, brain cancer, California, Dallas, Dr. King, Hyannisport, JFK, Joe Jr., John Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Kennedy Compound, malignant tumour, Mass. General Hospital, Memphis, motorcade, November, PT 109, Rose Kennedy, Rosemary, Senator Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, White House
Senator Ted Kennedy was escorted by police motorcade from Mass. General Hospital in Boston back to the Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport this afternoon. A smiling Ted waved to reporters and as he has so many times during the tragedy that seems to dog this American family, he spent his time in hospital boosting the spirits [...]
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