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The Great Debate -- Is Barack Obama Good For Black People? Part 1 of 2
Bill Quigley
05 Aug 2009
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On June 25, hundreds of black America's formost thnkers and doers gathered at St. Mary's Church in Harlem NY to ask and answer the question of whether Barack Obama was good or bad for black America. We here present some of the 5 to 7 minute presentations pro and con on whether Barack Obama is good for black America. Click the flash players to listen to or the mics to download them in MP3 format.

Glen Ford

"President Obama has been very busy," asserts BAR's Glen Ford, and almost none of it has been good news for African Americans.  Torture, racism and unjust wars and other policies that progressive blacks condemned when the Bush regime did them, are denounced by black leaders no more.

Nellie Bailey

CUNY's Dr. Leonard Jeffries things Obama has indeed been good for black people, and declares it's time to study wht he calls "Obamology".  To find out what he means and more, give the guya listen.

 

Nellie Bailey

Nellie bailey of the Harlem Tenants Union belives that Barack Obama is no good for black America.

 

 

Nellie Bailey

Dr. Gloria Browne-Marshall of the John Jay School of Law is impressed that Obama has actually read the US Constitution, and fears that he might be too good for America.


 

CEMOTAP is the Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People.&nbsp; CEMOTAP is the continuing sponsor of the Greate Debate series.&nbsp; The event took place on June 25 at St. Mary's Church in Harlem NY.&nbsp; We thank CEMOTAP's Dr. James McIntosh for moderating the proceedings, and Dr. Jared Ball of voxunion .com for the audio.</p>
<p>Next week BAR will feature more of the presentations of that evening, incluing those of Drs. Marimba Ani, ron Daniels, Jared Ball, and Viola Plummer and others

 

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