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President Barack Obama Visits Southland

Errica Dotson (Sentinel News Writer)March 19, 2009

In his first visit to the Southland after being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, President Barack Obama is in the midst of a two-day tour, which concludes Thursday March 19 with a town hall meeting in Los Angeles and a visit to “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” Sentinel sources have also indicated that President Obama might make a surprising visit to the Greater Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce dinner on Thursday, but that could not be confirmed. The focus of this tour is to reassure Californians about the Administration’s plans to handle the

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February 05, 2009: 109 Year-old Sees 27th President Take OfficeLucille Burrell turned 109 on February 2. She was born in 1900. The photo above shows her watching the inauguration of the first Black President of the United States, Barack Obama.

Brandon I. Brooks (Managing Editor)February 5, 2009

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Entertainment

Veridicus Films Presents Barack Obama: The Man And His Journey

Sentinel News ServiceJanuary 29, 2009

First African – American owned film studio, Codeblack Entertainment, Tapped to Distribute Pioneering New Full Length Documentary on President Barack Obama Revolutionary new film production company Veridicus Films, alongside Codeblack Entertainment, America’s premier source for quality urban films, released the gripping political documentary, Barack Obama: The Man and His Journey, on inaugural Tuesday to coincide with the imminent Presidential Inauguration. ‘Journey’, created by Emmy Award winning CBS news anchor/reporter and nationally syndicated television talent Maria Arita, is a follow up to the highly successful Veridicus Films release, “Barack Obama: Who Is This Guy?”, which explored pre-election what was truly at

Religion

President Barack Obama on Faith

Sentinel News ServiceJanuary 22, 2009

Key values in Barack Obama's public statements on faith and politics God is constantly present in our lives, and this presence is a source of hope. "Hope in the face of difficulty, hope in the face of uncertainty, the audacity of hope: In the end, that is God's greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation, a belief in things not seen, a belief that there are better days ahead." – Democratic National Convention Keynote Address. Progressives should boldly approach matters of faith and values. If we truly hope to speak to people where they’re at – to communicate

TV

President Barack Obama’s Top 10 Moments

Brandon I. Brooks (Entertainment Editor)January 22, 2009

1.) February 10, 2007 Barack Obama announces he would run for President of the United States 2.) Barack Obama takes his shirt off. On two different occasions Barack Obama flexed his muscles while vacationing with his family. 3.) Dr. Rev. Wright -What did he say? Middle America tries to exploit the Barack Obama's relationship with the black church and Dr. Rev. Wright after quotes got out such as "God damn you America". 4.) Cover of the New Yorker – No they didn't! As usual bad press served good for Barack Obama as the New Yorker jumped in on the Obama

National

President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address

Sentinel Staff WriterJanuary 22, 2009

The following are excerpts from President Barack Obama's inaugural address, delivered from the Capitol Building on January 20, 2009 My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition. Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the

International

Comments made by President Barack Obama

Sentinel Staff WriterJanuary 22, 2009

“Everywhere I go, I hear the same story: ‘We work hard, we pay our bills, we put away savings, but we just don’t know if it’s going to be enough when that tuition bill comes.’” – Obama at Southern Illinois University. “When we send our young men and women into harm’s way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they’re going, to care for their families while they’re gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war,

Dr. Maulana Karenga

From Ancient Egypt to Barack Obama:

Dr. Maulana Karenga (Columnist)November 6, 2008

We are, by almost everyone's assessment, on the threshold of a new historical opening, marked first by the sure and certain coming occupation of the office of president and the White House by a Black man, an offspring of Africa, a representative of a people whose history is the beginning of humanity and human civilization, encompasses the savage horror and inhumanity of the Holocaust of enslavement, and rises in defiant reaffirmation of our Africanness and social justice tradition in the Sixties. Secondly, this watershed, so eagerly awaited and worked for, is also defined by the imagining of a vision of

National

Barack Obama: Change

Don KingNovember 3, 2008

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