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May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
The votes are counted and the Barack Obama is president-elect. What are your thoughts about the historic 2008 election? Start a dialogue here about the changes that Americans, and the world, now face.
I watched the election results intently last night, like most Americans. As the evening progressed, my thoughts about the outcome darted quickly and almost randomly to my life in America the past 50 years and election nights.
Last night seemed different.
Yes, I listened to reports on exit polls, watched the map of the U.S. change colors, heard pundits offer “insight” into the numbers and trends, and jumped between stations when some political “insider” irritated me.
According to first-hand reports, balloting was running smoothly Tuesday in Williamsburg, Virginia, a town that has been going to the polls since about 1632.
Election officials carefully monitored the contests for president, senator, and representative to be sure there were no irregularities, and that all was fair and above board.
It wasn’t ever thus. During the past 370 years, voting has one or two times, perhaps, been, shall we say, below board.
