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Moments with Odetta: Inspirational Singer, Beautiful Woman

Lea Lane | Posted 12.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Bristol, Virginia, Odetta, Obama Election Day, Martin Luther King, Miriam Makeba, Johnny Cash, Bluegrass, The Crooked Road, Careers, Bob Dylan, Spirituality, June Carter Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Timely, Entertainment News
Lea Lane

Odetta Holmes sang at the 1963 March on Washington, and it was reported that she wanted to sing at Obama's inauguration. But she didn't quite make it; she died on Tuesday, at age 77.

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Jim Brown on Barack Obama, Racism, Muhammad Ali, Hugh Hefner, Football, and Acting

Graham Bensinger | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Richard Pryor, Hugh Hefner, Jim Brown, Martin Luther King, Football, Jesse Jackson, Nfl, Barack Obama, Oliver Stone, Muhammad Ali, Politics, Acting, Spike Lee, Malcolm X, Racism, Touchdown, Raquel Welch, Nbc, Frank Sinatra, Bill Russell, Video, Jim Brown Obama, Politics News
Graham Bensinger

The day after the presidential election, I sat down with Jim Brown. Brown discussed a wide range of topics, including what electing the first African American president means to him.

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What Kind of Revolutionary Will You Be?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, National Debt, Constitution, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama Change, Obama Change, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

if there is to be any change, it is going to be brought about by us, "we the people," not the politicians. No president, no congressman and no judge can do what you can.

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Obama and Malcolm X: Far From Opposites

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Politics, Barack Obama, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

Many people may see Malcolm X and Barack Obama as opposites of each other in the sphere of black political figure, but Malcolm's own family has come out publicly for Obama.

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Obama Assassination Jitters

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Kennedy, Assassination, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Presidency, Secret Service, Jfk, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

There is a very real danger of violence to Obama. That's the unfortunate price that elected officials, in this case a new president, who inspire hope must pay.

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Notes from Election Day by a Gay White Liberal

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Election Day, Martin Luther King, Empathy, Sin, Racism, Liberal, California, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

What does a gay, white liberal feel upon the election of the world's first African-American president at the moment America's biggest, bluest state votes to rip away my right to marry?

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(R)Evolution -- We All Want to Change Your Head

Suzette Standring | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rock the Vote, Polls, Exit Polls, Martin Luther King, Obama Youth Vote, Voters, Civil Rights, Racism, Black Power, 18 to 24, Barack Obama, President, Election, Inequality, Younger Generation, Flower Power, Change We Can Believe In, Obama Hope, Obama Victory, Yes We Can, Obama Wins, President Obama, Obama Administration, 2008 Presidential Election, Obama Presidency, Obama Idealism, Politics News
Suzette Standring

This new multi-cultural, interracial, eco-green, techno-savvy, globally-minded young generation has made history.

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Obama's Forgotten Inspiration: Theodore Parker

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Presidential Election November 4th, Election Reaction, Obama Election Day, Martin Luther King, HuffPost Election Analysis, Obama Grant Park, Barack Obama Victory Speech, Theodore Parker, Obama Victory Speech McCain Concession Speech, 2008 Election, Grant Park, Politics News
Aaron Zelinsky

Obama did a much better job of reaching out to young, white evangelicals than Kerry did. It's therefore unsurprising that Obama employs the rhetoric of an earlier evangelical in his speeches.

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Praise God?

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 11.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Tony Kushner, Progressive, God, Martin Luther King, Prop 8, Spirituality, Barack Obama, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Election, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Living News
Paul Raushenbush

Obama's election does not wipe out the vicious racism of centuries, and Prop 8 shows that there is still work to be done confronting the discrimination of Gay and Lesbian people.

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The Daily Szep- President-elect Obama

Paul Szep | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Martin Luther King, Obama Wins, Obama Presidency, Racism, Rosa Parks, Election Results, Obama President, 2008 Election, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Election, Political Cartoons, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Paul Szep

Read more reaction from HuffPost bloggers to Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election ...

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Say it Loud, I'm Black (in spirit) and I'm Proud

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Election, Jesse Jackson, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, Martin Luther King, John McCain Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Obama Victory, Obama Wins, Election Day 2008, Race Relations, Barack Obama Acceptance Speech, Election Results, Civil Rights, Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Presidential Results, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Obama's job will not be easy, but he has indeed demonstrated the kind of curiosity, intelligence, judgment, resolve and presence of mind, and the ability to inspire, that great leaders are made of.

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What We Will Remember: Obama's Victory Speech and McCain's Concession

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Grant Park Rally, Presidential Election November 4th, John McCain, Martin Luther King, Obama Election Day, Abraham Lincoln, Shakespeare, Obama Victory Speech McCain Concession Speech, Biltmore Hotel, Barack Obama, Grant Park, President Obama, Obama Wins, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Election, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Presidential Election, Election Analysis, Politics News
Aaron Zelinsky

Obama and McCain accomplished two very different objectives last night: Obama unified and inspired; McCain departed with grace. Here's what history will remember of the speeches of November 4, 2008.

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Yes We Did!

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Martin Luther King, 2008 Presidential Race, George W. Bush, Apartheid, Thurgood Marshall, African Americans, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Paul Robeson, Obama Victory, Obama Wins, President Barack Obama, Barack Obama Victory, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Forget about the Bradley effect, Republican voter suppression tactics and October surprises. Obama won a clear and resounding victory last night.

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Obama! By The Content of His Character

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

We must understand one more thing -- how successful President Obama will be in transforming America in a progressive direction will depend on us, as well as on him.

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Actor Tim Daly Enlists in Obama's Battle for Nevada

Marc Cooper | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Celebrities for Obama, Tim Daly, Obama Campaign Nevada, Obama Canvassing, Democratic Party, Obama Las Vegas, Nevada, Marc Coper, Barack Obama, The Creative Coalition, Seiu, Service Employees International Union, Sopranos, Private Practice, Martin Luther King, Celebrities Talk Politics, On the Ground 2008, Home News
Marc Cooper

Daly was drafted by the country's largest labor union, as part of its celebrity-centered "Guess Who's Knocking" campaign to directly involve high-profile entertainers in its get-out-the-vote efforts.

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President Obama

George Mitrovich | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Martin Luther King, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Race, Campaign 2008, “I Have a Dream” Speech, Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics News
George Mitrovich

On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be elected president and vice president of the United States. On Inauguration Day, January 20, 20...

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Bright Spots

Alison Teal | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Ad, Npr, Obama, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Politics News
Alison Teal

Two bright spots: http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/his-choice_ad/ The following was reported on NPR yesterday: A factory training supervisor i...

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Joan Baez on Barack Obama: "It feels like King"

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Martin Luther King, Folk Musuc, Steve Earle, Mahatma Gandhi, Music, Joan Baez, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Joan Baez has a marvelous new album out, a quiet, wisdom-filled work called Day After Tomorrow produced by Steve Earle and filled with songs by him, E...

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Playing the Obama Card in California's Fight for Gay Marriage

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 10.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Ebenezer Baptist Church, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Martin Luther King, Andrew Sullivan, Gay Marriage, No on Prop 8, Barack Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, Home News
Nathaniel Bach

Obama's statements fall short of unqualified support for same-sex marriage, but they go to the heart of Calif.'s No on 8 campaign themes (equality and dignity), and the Calif. campaign would be wise to incorporate them in advertisements.

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The GOP and Race

Murray Fromson | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Martin Luther King, Race, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 2008 Election, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Norman Corwin, Politics News
Murray Fromson

If Obama's election is denied him because of a) racism or b) the electoral dishonesty of 2004, African Americans will be justified in believing the door to the White House will always be shut to them.

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John McCain's Missed Opportunity

Janet Ritz | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Attack Ads, Patriotism, John McCain, Missed Opportunities, Obama Assassination Threats, Martin Luther King, John Lewis, Sarah Palin, Democracy, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, The Environmentalist, Politics News
Janet Ritz

Senator John McCain made a point during the debate that Barack Obama should repudiate John Lewis' Wallace comparison, which Senator Obama had done already.

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The "White" House Taken Literally is Dangerous & Un-American

Shannyn Moore | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Martin Luther King, Sarah Palin, Assassination, Obama, Hate Speech, John McCain, Barack Obama, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

I spent much of my early radio air time trying to "wake up" the citizenry of Anchorage. I was impatient, frustrated, chiding at times. On June 5th, th...

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Friday Talking Points [47] -- Our First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Surprise! It's our first anniversary column! But before we get to that, I have to pass on this information, in the hopes nobody will get stung by a v...

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Enough!: Why Obama Should Release His Righteous Rage

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, McCain Ad, Barack Obama Atticus Finch, Martin Luther King, Obama Enough, Mccain Sex Education Ad, Mccain Sex Ed Ad, 2008 Election, John Cusack, Atticus Finch, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

When I think about what Bush has done to this country -- and what McCain wants to keep doing -- I consider outrage the only rational response. The last seven-plus years demand more than a beaming smile. They demand indignation. Outrage. Fury.

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SAT Question for Sarah Palin (Hint: Think MLK)

Elizabeth Austin | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Community Organizer, Community Organizing, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sarah Palin, Obama King, Sarah Palin Vetting, Martin Luther King, Sarah Palin Speech, Palin Rnc Speech, Palin Speech, Sarah Palin RNC Speech, Politics News
Elizabeth Austin

A community organizer is like a mayor, except ...

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