Forum (Forum & Focus)
Nov. 20, 2008
'Hope Bred of Victories'
Charles Hamilton Houston followed a path remarkably similar to Barack Obama's a half-century earlier, writes Marcy Strauss. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Marcy Strauss Understandably, many viewed the historic election of Barack Obama as the culmination of Martin Luther King's dream for America. But as I cried along with the crowds - black and white, young and old, Asian and Latino - weeping at Chicago's Grant Park, I couldn't help but think of another African American, a less well-known hero, and how he would have felt on this day. I thought about the elation he undoubtedly ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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