Thursday, October 24, 2013

Barack Obama

Because we have tasted
the bitter swill
of civil war and segregation,
 and emerged from that dark chapter
 stronger and more united,

we cannot help but believe
 that the old hatreds shall someday pass;
 that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve
; that, as the world grows smaller,
 our common humanity
 shall reveal itself.…

 — BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESS, JANUARY 20, 2009
Wilkerson, Isabel (2010-09-07). The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Kindle Locations 9531-9538). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

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