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| Election Night, John French Sloan (1907) |
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President Obama’s Keynote Address at the DNC--July 27, 2004
(Par. 1) On behalf of the great state of Illinois,
crossroads of a nation, land of Lincoln, let me express my deep gratitude for
the privilege of addressing this convention. Tonight is a particular honor for
me because, let’s face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. My
father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. He
grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack. His father, my
grandfather, was a cook, a domestic servant.
