President-elect Barack Obama and future First Lady Michelle Obama grace dual covers of Essence Magazine January 2009 collector’s issue with a special a 56 page tribute, “Celebrating the Dream.” See the covers and a summary of articles here. The issue hits newsstands December 12, 2008.
Included are reflections from Maya Angelou, boys at a predominantly Black elementary school, William Jelani
Cobb, Bill Cosby, Marian Wright Edelman, Paula J. Giddings, Hill Harper, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Gwen Ifill, Ben Jealous, Diane McKinney-Whetstone, Chris Rock, Sonia Sanchez, John Edgar Wideman, Isabel Wilkerson, will.i.am and the last surviving daughter of a former slave.
Source: Essence – Inside this Issue January 2009
Articles set for inclusion are as follows.
• The Woman Beside Him: On January 20th Michelle LaVaughn Robinson-Obama will become our nation’s first lady. Author Paula J. Giddings reflects on the great woman behind the President-elect. (page 76)
• The Malia and Sasha Effect: Malia 10, and Sasha 7, will be the youngest residents of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave since Amy Carter. Journalist Gwen Ifill reflects on the Obama girls and their bright future ahead. (page 81)
• Dear Mr. President…: Essence asked the young men of the Excellence Charter School of Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, to write—in their own words—letters to the new President-elect. What they wrote was nothing short of inspiring. (page 117)
• The Times of His Life: Essence has featured an extensive timeline which features President-elect Barack Obama from a young child to the present. Included in this special section are photos of his wedding, his family, his run for Illinois State Senate, his presidential win and more. (page72)
• The Perfect Storm: From the venerable Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson reflects on the journey that became history—and how the race was won. (page 86)
• The Last Hurdle: Hannah Jane Hurdle-Toomey: Hannah Jane Hurdle-Tommey is the last surviving child of Andrew Jackson Hurdle, a slave for nearly 20 years. Connected to both slavery and a black president in her lifetime, she shares her hopes for America. (page 114)
• Brother President: On Election Night 2008, it became clear that Barack Obama had become a new icon for a generation of Black men who grew up with martyred leaders as their role models. Writer William Jelani Cobb reflects on what it means to America—and to the world—to see a Black man as president. (page 71)
See also the extensive and constantly expanding Essence Obama Photo Gallery: On the Road with Barack Obama
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