The world is watching and is inspired (photos)

[angee_is_mad]

It would be a shame if the world wants an Obama presidency more than Americans. Let's get to work people!

Here are some pictures from the DNC that were posted on an italian website.
Big ups to JJP for the link.

http://www.repubblica.it/2006/05/gallerie/esteri/commozione-pubblico/1.html

[Libby2]

1. OMG!

That first picture made me burst into tears!

I've been leaky all week but that one pushed me over the line.

I think I needed that.......thanks

Yes we can!!

[NancyG]

7. Me too. Unexpected. nt

[gateley]

2. Beautiful photos -- thanks. nt

[trashcanistanista]

3. Just when I thought I was done crying. Very, very moving

pics and thank you so much for posting! K&R

[angee_is_mad]

9. Do we get it????

As a Black woman, I am so Proud! As an American , I am so Inspired by the possibilities!!!

Yes We Can!!!!! YES WE WILL!!!!!

[otohara]

4. My Head Hurts

from tearing up so much during these past few days - here I go again.

[Pepper32]

5. Damn, you made me cry

...thanks for posting ;)

[gblady]

6. thanks for those...

tearing up again...great capture of the emotions from Thursday nite...
Does anyone know how to download them, the RCS feature isn't working.

[Thrill]

8. WOW that man is so emotional

[angee_is_mad]

24. he lived to see history

being made. We are living history.

[flamingdem]

tears alert! great shots. nt

[blonndee]

10. Very moving pictures! I think the caption reads "On the road and stage,

the tears of the people."

I did an online translation and this is the approximate result. Any Italian speakers here? Is that what it says?

[K Gardner]

31. Through the streets or in the stadium, the tears of the people. (Close enough ! )

[TwilightGardener]

11. Beautiful pics. Obama must feel very humbled and burdened by

the weight he carries on his shoulders--the hopes and expectations of so many. He hasn't let us down yet.

[angee_is_mad]

12. and he won't

but we got to realize that the country is so Fuc@@# up that change is not going to come overnight, but change will come.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Thanks for posting and it's interesting

that the photos around the world are focusing on something that the media refuses to acknowledge in a sincere and meaningful way given their propensity to generate divisiveness in this campaign... I.e. (and to illustrate), there was I think an editor from Ebony-Jet on MSNBC and he pointed out that although there has been much made about the "18 million cracks in the glass ceiling", he believes there are also "200 million cracks" against the same (I consider it not glass but marble for we AAs). That number represents ALL the African-Americans and their ancestors who have suffered for hundreds of years here in this country, having endured chattel slavery, Jim Crow, separate-but-equal, defacto segregation, the systematic dismantling of affirmative action and fairness in hiring and accommodations, right through to the ugliness that continues in this election cycle at this very minute, while trying to get to that top post too. And the non-U.S. press is the only one focusing on that from the emotional standpoint, without the U.S. media's ugly and divisive wrap-around to diminish the moment and do everything in their power to make AAs "wait their turn".

Wait your turn. That is what we are told year after year. Decade after decade. Century after century. And the man continues to break every goddamn record - fund-raising, attendance at rallies, new registrations for his political party, number of voters turning out to vote in primaries and caucuses, and even now, TV viewership of a political convention, along with the highest attendance AT a political convention in the history of this nation... And many of us fear, that it won't be enough because you know, we have to "wait our turn".

[angee_is_mad]

15. Exotic=Black, Elite=Uppity

We get it and we are use to the code language. In spite of that, ALL Americans will come together to fulfill MLK's dream about what America can become and should be.

We will get it done. Its not going to be easy and it will not be a landslide, but we will win!

I say, "We" because Obama said its not about "him, but about us."

[ThatsMyBarack]

14. Very moving tribute.

I feel I'm in good company right now! :patriot:

[kwyjibo]

16. The emotion, hope, and pride Obama inspires in people is so powerful.

I don't see McCain inspiring anything but a headache.

[npincus]

17. you made me tear up

thank you.

[angee_is_mad]

19. Big ups for JJP

That's the blog where I found the link.

The only thing I could say when I went there, "was OMG, OMG!!!"

[snagglepuss]

18. K and R

[kwolf68]

20. Sweet

For those civil rights workers blasted with chains and fire hoses
For those civil rights workers beaten and bloodied
For those civil rights workers murdered

For the black people who never had a chance at freedom, who had to sit on the back of the bus, who had to use inferior toilets, who were not served, who were harassed by the police, who were beaten and bullied, who had crosses burned in their yard, who saw their fathers lynched in trees, who were forced into segregated schools...

This one is for you.

Your struggle was not in vain and I empathize with the tears shed.

For me (a white man), it's important we finally have a black man within earshot of being our (my) President. But what is really important is he seems to be an awesome candidate.

[angee_is_mad]

23. Qualified person who happens to be a Black Man

everything that our parents told us we could be if we worked hard and lived right is coming to fruition. Only in America!!!

[Top Cat]

21. Fired up and ready to go!

[stillcool]

22. sums it up for me...

I still can't believe what an emotional event the last day was...even before Obama gave his speech, just watching it on C-Span.

[quantass]

25. thanks for posting this!

[Withywindle]

26. kick!

Eyes on the prize, DU. Let's remember what's important.

[SeattleGirl]

27. Those pictures made me cry.

:cry:

[BlooInBloo]

28. Meh. As if it's only black folks who like Obama.

[angee_is_mad]

33. Obama is for all People

but there is a segment that is especially moved to see what is happening. Especially people of a particular age and color.

I guess we are all guilty of not giving the American people enough credit to look beyond race in voting or at the very least vote in spite of someone's race.

[Arugula Latte]

36. But did you see #9 -- The youngish white guy in a suit -- looks like a lawyer or corporate dude ..

crying his eyes out ... Wow. :wow:

http://www.repubblica.it/2006/05/gallerie/esteri/commozione-pubblico/9.html

[gauguin57]

29. Here's a NYT column to go with those photos. It'll make you cry.

Bob Herbert watched Obama's speech with older African-Americans in Detroit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/opinion/30herbert.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print

"Champagne and tears"
Aug. 30, NYT
By Bob Herbert

a snip:

"...P.T. Cochran would agree. Mr. Cochran, 88, a retired appraiser for the city of Detroit, recalled a day in 1944 when he and a fellow student at Wilberforce University, a black school in Ohio, went into the town of Xenia to see a movie. The ticket taker told them the theater was closed.

“ 'We knew it wasn’t closed,' said Mr. Cochran. 'They just didn’t want to let us in. So we stood there, watching to see if they would let anyone else in.' The ticket taker refused to admit anyone as long as the two friends were standing outside. They stood there for six hours. Then they called the school and let other friends know what they were doing. The students at Wilberforce alerted white students at nearby Antioch College.

"Students from both schools turned out in force — more than 100 of them — to support Mr. Cochran and his friend. 'They all stood there with us, to back us up,' said Mr. Cochran. At that point, his voice broke, and he wept softly at the memory from 64 years ago.

“ 'We stayed there until the theater closed that night,' said Mr. Cochran. 'And then we came back the next day, which was Sunday, and stood there until 2 or 3 in the afternoon, when they finally decided to let us in. I’ll never forget what those kids did for us.' Mr. Cochran said it would take an hour, 'maybe more,' to describe how much Senator Obama’s candidacy meant to him. 'I am elated,' he said. 'I’m surprised, I...' His voice broke once again. His tears, and those of so many others, were a measure of the enormity of what had come to pass. ..."

[SeattleGirl]

30. Wow, great article.

Especially when Mr. Cochran told his story. To stand outside that theater two days in a row, and to have so many other students, black and white, come stand with them until the theater let them in....what a fantastic story.

[lumpy]

32. Makes us realize how much people are hurting &hoping for a

change of direction in this country.

[Usrename]

34. Very moving.

This must be a movement or something.

[Starry Messenger]

35. k&r!

[Arugula Latte]

37. *crying*

Thank you so much for this.

[AuntPatsy]

38. thank you so much.....

[Emit]

39. God, I'm in tears just looking at the photos

let's get this done

[progressivebydesign]

40. Beautiful. Made me realize that for all the friends I've had of color...

.. I just don't know what it's like, truly, to be black in America. I have friends, co-workers, an ex-bf, family members, but I could never truly walk a mile in their shoes. These photos really hit home... I can only think of the words, "free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty we are free at last"

You know what I mean?

[catgirl]

41. Kick!

[vanderBeth]

42. wow

Moving