Obama

Photo from The Age, 06/11/08. Explain the significance of this sign.
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=Obama's Victory Speech= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7710038.stm

=Explain the underlined sentences in this excerpt of Obama's victory speech (do research if need be)=

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old. She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the colour of her skin. And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes, we can. At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes, we can. When there was despair in __the dust bowl and depression__ across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a __New Deal__, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes, we can. __When the bombs fell on our harbour__ and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes, we can. She was there for __the buses in Montgomery__, __the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "we shall overcome"__. Yes, we can. __A man touched down on the Moon__, __a wall came down in Berlin__, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes, we can. ||