Langston students see a nation ready for change

 
By Devona Walker
Published: August 29, 2008

LANGSTON — Hours before the first black man ever nominated for president by a major political party in the United States was to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Denver , students on a historically black college campus relished the idea of casting their first ballots for Sen. Barack Obama .

Sharonda Bowie , 21, said as late as high school she doubted she would live to see the day the country was l...


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