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With Barack Obama’s momentous bid to become the nation’s 44th president, we asked 16 notable Minnesotans to respond to this question: “What does Obama’s historic election mean to you?” Most talked about standing between the pain of the past and the promise of the future.
Obama: History maker
Walter Mondale, former Vice President
Wing Young Huie, documentary photographer
O. Donald Smith, WWII veteran
Sharon Sayles Belton, former Minneapolis mayor
Melvin Carter, III, St. Paul City Council
Dr. Josie Johnson, 2008 delegate DNC
Matthew Little, former NAACP president
Dr. Reatha Clark King and N. Judge King
Peter Bell, head of the Met Council
Marcia Zimmerman, rabbi Temple Israel
Kim Nelson, General Mills division president
Sam and Sylvia Kaplan, fundraisers
Gallery: Portraits of the 16 Minnesotans who shared their stories