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Thursday 26 March, 2009

Keep Hope Alive

Rev Jesse Jackson is visiting the UK and drawing large crowds. I saw him this morning to discuss his work with the Equanomics foundation , but also to understand his view now on the meaning of Barack Obama's victory in the US presidential election. I told him that the sight of him in the crowd at Chicago's Grant Park with tears streaming down his face on November 4th had been striking for many people.

He said that he saw the Obama phenomenon of 2008 as the 54th lap of a race started by the landmark civil rights supreme court decision of Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954. He said Dr King would have been proud - and looking at the next step, because there is more to be done.

Posted at 18:22 26 March 2009 by David Miliband  |  Comments[3]

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Keep hope alive indeed. It is a joy to have you in the foreign office representing Britain. Well done.

Posted by Thomas on March 26, 2009 at 11:44 PM GMT #

hi, faisal khurshid sir,i have lots of question to asking you,if you answering, my bio data is my name is faisal khurshid,i belong to catlic chirstain family, if you gave me sometime so i my very glad for this,but all question is regarding to our religion, thanking you hope you gave me a time or good response.

Posted by FAISAL KHURSHID on March 27, 2009 at 08:12 AM GMT #

The Obama victory is significant but how many coloured people are members of the houses of commons and lords? How many coloured people are chairmen or on the board of big business? Institutional racism is still a problem in Britain especially at the higher establishment level, and a few soundbites will not make it go away.

Posted by Stu on March 28, 2009 at 12:52 PM GMT #

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