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WHEN the moment came, it swept across Chicago's Grant Park like a tsunami. For some, it marked the end of centuries of racial repression; for others, it was the climax of eight years of resentment towards the Bush presidency. Whatever the reason, frustration and hopelessness were supplanted with spontaneous joy.
In front of me, a 60-year-old man fell to his knees, weeping. Alongside, an African-American mother and her teenage daughter hugged and cried on one another's shoulders.See the full content of this document
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All Things Are Possible
Nearby, a woman in a wheelchair flung her arms in the air and looked into the clear night sky, shouting "thank God, thank God" over and over again.
The 125,000 crowd in the Windy City had known it was coming. Only two minutes before, at 9:58pm Chicago time (3:58am in the UK), Virginia had been called for Barack Obama, giving him 220 electoral college votes. They knew California and its 55 votes were in the bag. A crowd that ha...See the full content of this document
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