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THANK YOU America by President Barack Obama
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THANK YOU America by President Barack Obama

January 19, 2017

My fellow Americans, It’s a long-standing tradition for the sitting president of the United States to leave a parting letter in the Oval Office for the American elected to take his or her place. It’s a letter meant to share what we know, what we’ve learned, and what small wisdom may help our successor bear the great responsibility that comes with the highest office in our land, and the leadership of the free world. But before I leave my note for our 45th president, I wanted to say one final thank you for the honor of serving as your 44th.

President Barack Obama political cartoon page by David G. Brown 
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President Barack Obama political cartoon page by David G. Brown 

David G. Brown, CartoonistJanuary 18, 2017

For the last 14 years’ artist, educator and publisher, David G. Brown, has been producing political cartoons for the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper. Over the years he has been recipient of several awards including multiple prestigious Merit Awards for “Best Editorial Cartoon” from the National Newspapers Publishers Association (NNPA). Pelican Publishing Company Inc. featured his work in the 2005 thru 2014 editions of the “Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year”. His book, “Obama, Race and the Media: Drawing my own Conclusions” was awarded a NAACP Image award in 2009. Brown is member of the board of Director for the Museum

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Beyond the Rhetoric: Is Barack Obama The Most Reluctant President in History?

Harry C. Alford, NNPA News Wire ColumnistDecember 3, 2015

Whether or not that title will stick to the legacy of Barack Hussein Obama will be determined in decades to come. Right now there is much doubt that the legacy will be anything that is praise worthy. The troubling aspect of his actions during the first seven years of his presidency is his inability to take responsibility and not be afraid of initiating courage and seeking the truth no matter what it may be. He never would be a subject character in President John F. Kennedy’s book “Profiles in Courage.” He doesn’t step forward and take the path of resolve

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Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller May Request Exoneration of Marcus Garvey When She Meets President Barack Obama in Kingston

Tony Best Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib NewsApril 13, 2015

When U.S. President Barack Obama and Jamaica’s leader, Portia Simpson Miller meet in Kingston next Thursday, the legacy and the name of Marcus Mosiah Garvey as seen through American and Jamaican eyes may be put on the table for discussion. The issue may be put there by Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson and what may be at stake is a pardon or exoneration for Garvey, a Jamaican national hero who spent more than a dozen years in the United States where he led the largest economic and social mass movement of Blacks in the first half of the 20th century.

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President Barack Obama’s grandmother Mama Sarah Obama honored, advocates education during U.S. visit

Charlene Muhammad, Contributing WriterNovember 27, 2014

(l-r)  Kathy Calvin (President & CEO, United Nations Foundation), First Lady Gertrude Mutharika of the Republic of Malawi, and First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba of Namibia discuss Government’s Role in Empowering Girls and Women Entrepreneurs  (photo by Charlene Muhammad)    Mama Sarah Obama, President Barack Obama’s 94-year-old Kenyan grandmother pictured here with Oscar-nominated actress Quvenzhané Wallis at the United Nations in New York City. (Photo by Charlene Muhammad)  UNITED NATIONS – Mama Sarah Obama, the sole living grandparent of U.S. President Barack Obama, has created a legacy all her own. The 94-year-old has launched the Mama Sarah Obama Foundation (MSOF) in Kenya