Michelle Obama inspires Soweto

[struggle4progress]

... In a 30-minute address to a crowd that included cultural leaders, students in school uniforms, government and opposition politicians and a Zulu choir in traditional beaded hats, Obama drew parallels between the black struggle movements in South Africa and the United States.

Thirty-five years ago this month, students sought refuge at Regina Mundi Church as they fled a police assault on young people protesting forced Afrikaans-language instruction in schools, Obama recounted to the crowd.

It was June 16, 1976, the start of the Soweto Uprising and a key moment in South Africa’s history, that eventually led to the fall of white rule ...

“It has been more than three decades, but those bullet holes in the ceiling, this broken altar still stand as vivid reminders of the history that unfolded here,” Obama said ...

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/south-africa/110622/michelle-obama-soweto

[CakeGrrl]

1. k/r for the First Lady and the bridges she's building abroad.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. k&r

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[Blue_Tires]

3. kicked