Word: africanizing
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...history-making, 21-month-long presidential campaign turned out to be a bittersweet one for Barack Obama, as he learned that the white grandmother who had helped raise him had died in her sleep, and would not live to see whether her grandson would become the nation's first African-American president. Madelyn Dunham "was one of those quiet heroes that we have all across America," Obama told supporters on a rain-sodden field at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. "They aren't seeking the limelight. All they're trying to do is do the right thing...
...sidewalk with the help of a walnut cane. He was carrying a heavy metal folding chair, which had helped him through his two-hour wait to vote at St. James United Methodist Church, one of the city's largest "Freedom Ward" polling places. He wore a kufi of African mudcloth design and a watch chain dangled from his trouser pocket. He had a hike of a mile and a half still ahead of him. "People walk further than that to vote in other countries - Americans are too soft," said Harry E. Brown. On the other hand, "the only reason...
...know what prejudice is. I rode in buses when the blacks had to stand in the back. I drank at water fountains that said 'Coloreds.' You couldn't eat at the restaurants. You had to get your meals in a brown paper sack at the back door." An African-American in the White House "is long overdue," Brown said, "and I just pray that America is willing to accept it and not eliminate...
...other black voters here found the theme of racial milestones too simplistic. At the church, where a long line wrapped around the large building, a white reporter was met with exasperated murmurs when she asked how it felt finally to have an African-American on the ballot. "He's bi-racial. I don't know why you all keep saying that. He's for all the people, and all the eyes of the world are on us today," said Sharon Weathers, 40, an unemployed mental health worker...
...five new voters was African American...