To the students of the Oral expression class:

As promised, I've put the song We shall overcome on the google group. It is here sung by the original Freedom Singers ( CD2 : Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, Balck American Freddom SOngs 1960-1966).

Nobel Prize

The reactions to Obama's Nobel Prize are mixed. It seems to have excited the criticism from right-wing conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.

The liberal branch of the Democratic party see the prize as a recognition of the symbolic significance of Obama's election and the promises that it holds for the future of America.

The NYTimes summarizes these reactions along with the humble acceptance by Obama of the prize as an encouragement to pursue his policy of nuclear disarmement and his role as a facilitator of the peace process in the Middle East.