Does Her Conciliatory, Unifying Talk Square Hillary – and Bill – with the Black Community?

By: Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb

If there was a question whether Sen. Hillary Clinton would strongly endorse Barack Obama for president, she sought to put that to rest immediately in her address to the Democratic National Convention.

“I am here as a proud mother, a proud Democrat, a proud senator from New York and I am a proud supporter of Barack Obama. Whether you voted for me or you voted for Barack Obama, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose,” Clinton said.

There had been questions right up to the moment Clinton stepped on the stage that she may not be able to convince Democrats that she truly embraced Obama’s candidacy and, more importantly, persuade others to do so.

“Hillary Clinton touched every chord and gave an unequivocal, unqualified endorsement of Obama's candidacy. Talking about women's rights and quoting Sojourner Truth was apt on the anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment," said Mary Frances Berry, chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. "Her suppporters should get the message and forget their discontent and start working."

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