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Amy Goodman' S Column "president Obama Redeem - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 17th Nov, 2008 - 5:00pm
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Amy Goodman's New Column "President Obama Can Redeem the White House"
Amy Goodman's New Column "President Obama Can Redeem the White House"
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Alice Walker is the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. But Monday, I called her to talk about a true story. The Obamas had just visited the White House. The first African-American elected president of the United States had visited his soon-to-be residence, a house built by slaves. Walker told me: ?Even when they were building it, you know, in chains or in desperation and in sadness, they were building it for him. Ancestors take a very long view of life, and they see what is coming.? The author of ?The Color Purple,? who writes about slavery and redemption, went on, ?This is a great victory of the spirit and for people who have had to live basically by faith.? More
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