Obama’s Defense of Democracy Sounds in the Midst of National Crisis

Kevin C. Peterson
4 min readAug 20, 2020
Former President Barack Obama Spoke at the National Democratic Convention last night at the Museum of the American Revolution.

Daily Democratic National Convention Opinion Coverage in Sepia

Thursday, August 20, 2020 Day 3 Coverage

It was a voice we came to know in Dreams From My Father — deliberate, circumspect, cerebral and cunning. It flashed with passion and promise in Boston at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, and we marveled at it…

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Kevin C. Peterson

Kevin Peterson is founder of the New Democracy Coalition and Convener of the Fanueil Hall Race and Reconciliation Project. He is a social and cultural critic.