Comments on: Say What, Barrack? http://wingswatchman.org/WordPress/2008/06/06/say-what-barrack/ Isaiah 21:6 "let the Watchman Declare what he see's" Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: BERTA http://wingswatchman.org/WordPress/2008/06/06/say-what-barrack/#comment-395 BERTA Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:49:18 +0000 http://wingswatchman.org/WordPress/2008/06/06/say-what-barrack/#comment-395 The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which in many which sparked so much of the Civil Rights movement, and led to Obama's grandfather sending his son to the US (or so the story goes), began in 1955, six years before Barack Obama was born. According to the speech, the "shout across the oceans" came, not from the Kennedys, but from the black men with PhDs who said "that’’s enough” and ”we”re going to stand up for our dignity.” It is clear Obama is referencing the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. Bobby Kennedy later refered to those days as “ripples of hope all around the world.” You did get one thing right: the Airlift in question was not organized by the Kennedys. They did not get officially involved until 1960, a year after Obama Sr came to the US. The program received initial financial support from Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Jackie Robinson, and others. The Kennedys provided support for the second student airlift. The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which in many which sparked so much of the Civil Rights movement, and led to Obama’s grandfather sending his son to the US (or so the story goes), began in 1955, six years before Barack Obama was born.

According to the speech, the “shout across the oceans” came, not from the Kennedys, but from the black men with PhDs who said “that’’s enough” and ”we”re going to stand up for our dignity.” It is clear Obama is referencing the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. Bobby Kennedy later refered to those days as “ripples of hope all around the world.”

You did get one thing right: the Airlift in question was not organized by the Kennedys. They did not get officially involved until 1960, a year after Obama Sr came to the US. The program received initial financial support from Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Jackie Robinson, and others. The Kennedys provided support for the second student airlift.

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