Originally published on Jan. 30, 2008
'We need a leader, ' not a politician
I was 6 years old when John F. Kennedy was killed.
NEWS COLUMNIST
Chat live with Leonard Pitts Jr. from 1-2 p.m. Wednesdays, or submit questions ahead of time.
Leonard Pitts Jr. won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2004. He is the author of the novel, Before I Forget. His column runs every Sunday and Wednesday. Forward From This Moment, a collection of his columns, was released in 2009.
On Sept. 11, 2001, he wrote a column on the terrorist attacks that received a huge response from readers who deluged him with more than 26,000 e-mails. It was posted on the Internet, chain-letter style. Read the column and others on the topic of September 11.
You can also read Pitts' series, What Works?, a series of columns about programs anywhere in the country that show results in improving the lives of black children.
Leonard also wrote the 2008 series I Am A Man, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination.
Email Leonard at lpitts@MiamiHerald.com or visit his website at www.leonardpittsjr.com
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Originally published on Jan. 27, 2008
Obama foes make appeal to ignorance, fear
Barack Obama is not a Muslim.
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Originally published on Jan. 9, 2008
We've come a very long way
These things happened last week in America.
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Originally published on Aug. 15, 2007
Concentrate on Obama's record, not his color
Sen. Barack Obama was scheduled to address the National Association of Black Journalists, but he was late. A hum of conversation hung over the standing-room-only crowd waiting for him in a ballroom at Bally's Las Vegas.
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Originally published on July 11, 2007
What’s in a name?
Back in college, the resident advisor in my dorm was a guy named Dave Ehrke. I'm guessing at the spelling (this was more than 30 years ago), but I remember it rhymed with "turkey, " a coincidence we frosh were quick to exploit.
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Originally published on May 7, 2007
Racism lurks in the shadows for Obama
Not Rudy Giuliani, who is a supporter of abortion rights.
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Originally published on Feb. 2, 2007
Sen. Obama's color plain as black and white
Apparently, it comes as quite a surprise to some people that Barack Obama is black.
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Originally published on Nov. 18, 2006
Obama: Not your father’s politician
W hen you walk around with Barack Obama's new book in hand, people give you looks.
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Originally published on March 13, 2006
Don’t assume Obama will be a modern savior
Barack Obama is not Jesus.
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