Tag: Jacob Philadelphia

  • Obama struggles to balance African Americans’ hopes with country’s as a whole The Washington Post 2012-10-28 Peter Wallsten Barack Obama stood at the lectern, trying to figure out what to say — or at least how to say it. He started speaking, then stopped, then started again, each time searching for the right tone, the…

  • A copy of the photo hangs in the Philadelphia family’s living room with several others taken that day. Mr. Philadelphia, now in Afghanistan for the State Department, said: “It’s important for black children to see a black man as president. You can believe that any position is possible to achieve if you see a black…