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(Denver, CO) – “Yes, we can,” chanted the crowd and yes, Barack Obama did accept the nomination for the presidency of the United States on Thursday night making him the first African American in U.S. history to receive the nomination to a major political party ticket.
More than 85,000 people filled the INVESCO Arena in Denver, Colorado for the closing night of the Democratic National Convention to hear Obama’s much anticipated acceptance speech and to hear how he would distinguish himself from Republican opponent John McCain.
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Eight Million African Americans Still Not Registered to Vote
Hazel Trice Edney - NNPA Editor-in-Chief
Thursday, 28 August, 2008
Despite a record number of voters who turned out during the presidential primaries last spring, eight million African Americans are still not registered to vote, according to Rick Wade, African American vote director for the Obama for America presidential campaign.
“Our principle focus has been a 50-state voter registration initiative. I think we all appreciate that if we increase the number of African American registered voters and then increase turnout and get people to the polls on Nov. 4, then Sen. [Barack] Obama will be the next president of the United States,” Wade said.
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