Posted Monday, November 3 at 05:08 pm CT by Bill Dedman
Filed under Bronx
As part of the yearlong election studies at Validus Preparatory Academy, a public school in the Bronx, students have kept election journals.
Here is a page from the journal of senior Evelyn Fabian, a Hillary Clinton supporter, as she comments on the excerpted sermons of Sen. Obama's then-minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Click here for a larger view of the journal page.
(See other posts from the Bronx.)
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Posted Monday, November 3 at 04:46 pm CT by Mike Stuckey
Filed under Seattle
Law professor Henry McGee Jr. in his office at Seattle University. (John Brecher / msnbc.com)
Watching last-minute polls and analyses, Professor Henry McGee Jr. is
as confident as ever that Sen. Barack Obama will become the first black
president of the United States, but he’s also musing over some ironies
around Tuesday’s historic election.
Chatting at
lunchtime Monday in a campus office festooned with memorabilia from his
own career as a cutting edge African-American in U.S. academia, McGee
pointed to a news story he had just read. Despite predictions of a
sizable Obama victory, “the majority of white folks in the United
States will vote for John McCain,” said McGee. “I had never thought
about that.”
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Posted Monday, November 3 at 03:30 pm CT by msnbc.com
Filed under Field correspondents
The historic Apollo Theater in Harlem. (Frank Franklin II / AP file)
TODAYshow.com reporter Vidya Rao checks in from Harlem, where she finds residents of America's first black cultural capital electrified by Barack Obama’s role in a historic election.
Click here for her report. And check back for updates from NBC News correspondents in Harlem on Election Day.
Posted Monday, November 3 at 03:28 pm CT by Bill Dedman
Filed under Bronx
We asked the predominantly Hispanic and African-American students at Validus Preparatory Academy, a public school in the Bronx, to provide written responses to questions about race and the election. This is the school profiled in our article and video here: Obama's story resonates with Bronx students.
The questions: If an African-American man is elected president, will that change race relations in America? Is it a sign of real change? Will it bring about real change? What are your hopes and fears around race and ethnicity for yourself and your family?
Below are selected answers from the students:
I believe there are a lot of people that are still not prepared to accept the fact that what was once considered property may become the president. My fear is that Obama will be killed and harm will be done to his supporters.
Christie Logrono, 16, junior
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If an African-American is elected president, I think it would change race relations in America for the worst. It might be a sign of real change or cause mayhem. I don't honestly think African-Americans would know how to take it -- they might start to look down on people. If you wish to start another Civil War elect an African-American with an education.
Eric Caldwell, 17, junior
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