""Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes." (Obama said.)"..."“It gets folks discouraged. I know. I listen to some of y’all,” Obama told an audience of some 3,000"...
9/24/11, "Obama urges black community to 'march with me'," CNN, Athena Jones
"While acknowledging the hard-hit black community and budding criticisms in its ranks, President Barack Obama said in a speech Saturday night to the Congressional Black Caucus that he wouldn't give up -- and urged members of the black community to join him to jump-start the still-sluggish economy.
"I expect all of you to march with me, and press on," Obama said. "... Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We've got work to do."
The unemployment rate among African-Americans is 16.7%, nearly double the national average, while 40% of black children live in poverty....One of the chief lessons from the civil rights movement is that "you can't stop" in the face of challenges, he said....
"Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes." (Obama said)."...
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9/24/11, "Obama to blacks: ‘Stop complaining’ and fight," AP, Washington Times
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9/25/11, "MSNBC Panel Accuses AP Report Of Racism For Dropping Gs From Transcription Of Obama’s Speech To The Congressional Black Caucus…," Weasel Zippers
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