Quote by Alveda King

African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss.

African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Ob

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This quote suggests that in the 2008 elections, African-Americans who may have not necessarily aligned with candidate Obama's political beliefs still voted for him. This was attributed to the significance of having a candidate with a non-white background elected as the President of the United States. The quote implies that the historic nature of this opportunity outweighed political disagreements for some African-American voters.

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