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Date
Summary
Obama: My Parents Conceived Me Thanks to 1965 March on Selma
Source
YouTube

Name: YouTube

URL: http://www.youtube.com/

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Persons
Barack Obama

Name: Barack Obama

Employment: The White House

Position: President

Event
Event location
Selma, Ala.

Name: Selma, Ala.

URL: http://www.selma-al.gov/

Uploaded
03/08/2015 10:01 am
Owner
Tom (staff)
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Video
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MP4 (320x240) Use clipper to adjust file type
Duration
0:02:43
Views
28
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2
Transcript
“Something happened in Birmingham ░░░░░░░░ sent out what Bobby ░░░░░░░░ called Ripples of hope ░░░░░░░░ around the world Something ░░░░░░░░ when a bunch of ░░░░░░░░ decided they were going ░░░░░░░░ walk instead of ride ░░░░░░░░ bus after a long ░░░░░░░░ of doing somebody else ░░░░░░░░ laundry looking after somebody ░░░░░░░░ s children When men ░░░░░░░░ had PhD s decided ░░░░░░░░ s enough and we ░░░░░░░░ going to stand up ░░░░░░░░ our dignity That sent ░░░░░░░░ shout across oceans so ░░░░░░░░ my grandfather began to ░░░░░░░░ something different for his ░░░░░░░░ His son who grew ░░░░░░░░ herding goats in a ░░░░░░░░ village in Africa could ░░░░░░░░ set his sights a ░░░░░░░░ higher and believe that ░░░░░░░░ a black man in ░░░░░░░░ world had a chance ░░░░░░░░ happened in Selma Alabama ░░░░░░░░ Birmingham also stirred the ░░░░░░░░ of the nation It ░░░░░░░░ folks in the White ░░░░░░░░ who said You know ░░░░░░░░ re battling Communism How ░░░░░░░░ we going to win ░░░░░░░░ and minds all across ░░░░░░░░ world If right here ░░░░░░░░ our own country John ░░░░░░░░ re not observing the ░░░░░░░░ set fort in our ░░░░░░░░ we might be accused ░░░░░░░░ being hypocrites So the ░░░░░░░░ s decided we re ░░░░░░░░ to do an air ░░░░░░░░ We re going to ░░░░░░░░ to Africa and start ░░░░░░░░ young Africans over to ░░░░░░░░ country and give them ░░░░░░░░ to study so they ░░░░░░░░ learn what a wonderful ░░░░░░░░ America is This young ░░░░░░░░ named Barack Obama got ░░░░░░░░ of those tickets and ░░░░░░░░ over to this country ░░░░░░░░ met this woman whose ░░░░░░░░ great great great grandfather ░░░░░░░░ owned slaves but she ░░░░░░░░ a good idea there ░░░░░░░░ some craziness going on ░░░░░░░░ they looked at each ░░░░░░░░ and they decided that ░░░░░░░░ know that the world ░░░░░░░░ it has been it ░░░░░░░░ not be possible for ░░░░░░░░ to get together and ░░░░░░░░ a child There was ░░░░░░░░ stirring across the country ░░░░░░░░ of what happened in ░░░░░░░░ Alabama because some folks ░░░░░░░░ willing to march across ░░░░░░░░ bridge So they got ░░░░░░░░ and Barack Obama Jr ░░░░░░░░ born So don t ░░░░░░░░ me I don t ░░░░░░░░ a claim on Selma ░░░░░░░░ Don t tell me ░░░░░░░░ m not coming home ░░░░░░░░ Selma, Alabama.”
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