RIP Fellow Chicagoan Rev. Jesse Jackson

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and populist vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation’s most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday (2/17/26) at his home in Chicago. He was 84.

Chicago Turned Monochrome

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"Winter came and the city [Chicago] turned monochrome black trees against gray sky above white earth. Night now fell in midafternoon, especially when the snowstorms rolled in boundless prairie storms that set the sky close to the ground, the city lights reflected against the clouds." – Barack Obama

To The Fabulous and Classy Barack Obama

In Kenya, They Know Obama

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Barack Obama visited Kenya nearly 30 years ago and was blown away by the fact that an airport worker recognized his last name.  It was a revelation for the future president.  This week he returns to Kenya as president of the United States.

Air Force One will carry Obama to a country where children, roads and schools bear his name — and he's seen as a local son.

Read more here: Obama and Kenya:  1st Trip to Father's Homeland as President

Chicago Turned Monochrome

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“Winter came and the city [Chicago] turned monochrome -- black trees against gray sky above white earth. Night now fell in midafternoon, especially when the snowstorms rolled in, boundless prairie storms that set the sky close to the ground, the city lights reflected against the clouds." ~ Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Global Unity

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At the very least we will establish global unity amongst the world's 20 biggest economic powers at the G-20 Summit but let's also hope for and expect the creation of a very specific global economic recovery plan (e.g., actionable must-do-list).

Stay up to date on what takes place here and here.

44th President of the United States: Barack Obama

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World ... please join me in welcoming and congratulating our 44th President of the United States: Barack Obama.