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03.26.2008 4:27 pm

Obama speech reverberates locally

The speech on race, religion and politics last week by Sen. Barack Obama continues to make headlines around the country. Locally, the Missouri History Museum is hosting a group discussion Thursday night of the themes raised by Obama’s speech and the heavy question of race and division in America.

The discussion is free to attend and runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the museum in Forest Park at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue. As many as 100 are expected to attend.

This won’t be the first time the History Museum has held a group discussion on a national political topic. Dozens of people attended an event following the furor over the comments subsequent firing of New York radio host Don Imus.

Enter the museum from the south side; the event will be held in the AT&Troom.

If you plan to go, click here for a transcript of Obama’s speech (as prepared) that you can print off, take with you and reference.

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4 comments

So the History Museum is hosting a discussion about a campaign speech by a Democratic candidate for President. Seems to me like an inappropriate use of public resources.

— Nick Kasoff
8:11 pm March 26th, 2008

what I don`t understand is that is never been about race . It was just the black`s misfortune in that time in .history they were the last people the world could be taken advanage of .With the Muslim controling Europe and Eastern Asia in the 1500 century it made sence for the muslim to create a market for slavery to the New World`s specialty South America Spain. To meet competition from Spain the English colonies started importing slave`s but England and other christian countries had already outlaw slavery .So the new world had a dilimma for the next two houndred years with a civil war no wonder it about race today OBAMA is a very bad history student he keep the hate going . I drop out in the eight grade to me he is not very smart

— wondersmith42
8:46 pm March 26th, 2008

wondersmith42,

So tell us wordsmith42, what has it all been about concerning Blacks in America these last 60 years?

— D. Walker
9:29 pm March 26th, 2008

W’s been in office for 7 1/2 long years, and his speeches are hardly discussion topics in any cultural or academic setting…just late night talk (and other assorted comedy) shows. If only there was a publicly funded clown school somewhere….

— tired of elephants
8:01 am March 27th, 2008
Adam Jadhav