First black man to accept the nomination
by Joe Hanel
Herald Denver Bureau
DENVER - There has never been a moment like this.
Sen. Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan father and white Kansan mother, broke the ultimate racial barrier by accepting the Democratic nomination for president at a nearly full Invesco Field at Mile High.
In a state when not even four out of every 100 people are black, thousands of Coloradans waved American flags and sang along to a hip-hop tune called "Yes We Can." The song, performed by a musical artist named will.i.am, set one of Obama's speeches to music.
Ordinary Coloradans were allowed to attend the final night of the Democratic National Convention, a rarity for either party.
But, Obama's speech barely referred to the historic nature of the moment and focused instead on the country's direction.
Sen. Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan father and white Kansan mother, broke the ultimate racial barrier by accepting the Democratic nomination for president at a nearly full Invesco Field at Mile High.
In a state when not even four out of every 100 people are black, thousands of Coloradans waved American flags and sang along to a hip-hop tune called "Yes We Can." The song, performed by a musical artist named will.i.am, set one of Obama's speeches to music.
Ordinary Coloradans were allowed to attend the final night of the Democratic National Convention, a rarity for either party.
But, Obama's speech barely referred to the historic nature of the moment and focused instead on the country's direction.
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