Monday, January 21, 2008
Scene & Herd Obama visits Atlanta
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 6:55 PM
SEN. BARACK OBAMA PRAYS AT EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY: “Must beat Hillary in South Carolina. Must beat Hillary in South Carolina. Must beat Hillary in South Carolina.â€
(More photos of Obama at Ebenezer are below the jump. All photos are by Joeff Davis.)
Margaret Flowers worships during the service at Ebenezer Baptist Church that included Obama's speech.
Zachary Lumpkins lays across his family in a pew during Obama's speech.
Natalle Latour listens intently during Obama's speech as a boy in the background sleeps.
Hundreds of people waited hours in the cold weather Sunday morning to get a seat to hear Obama speak at Ebenezer Baptist Church; many were turned away after capacity was met.
During his speech, Obama referred to himself as a "hopemonger" and called unity the great call of the hour. "I'm taking about an inability to recognize ourselves in one another, to understand that we are our brother's keeper, we are our sister's keeper -- that, in the words of Dr. King, we are all tied together in a single garment of destiny."
After the speech, Obama laid a wreath at the grave of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
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great way to honor the KING. let me know what u think on my post about the King THANK WE FREE
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