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president. there are too many traps in modern american poverty, and too many complexities to the socioeconomic dynamics that produce our presidents, to allow us to say, without reservation, that this really is the country where anyone can grow up to be president. but throughout our history, we've been moving ever closer to that ideal. anyone can grow up to be president. we took a giant step closer to that ideal with our election of the first african-american president. we knew then that one of the nongovernmentelal benefits of his election was that black children and other children would be able to see new possibilities in their lives more clearly. i know that feeling. i remember that feeling of the suddenly expanded universe of possibility. i was one of those little boston irish catholic boys about the age of kid president when i watched john fitzgerald-kennedy take the oath of office as the
African-americanCountryPresidentsCouldnt-sayDynamicsComplexitiesTrapsAmerican-povertyElectionAnyoneIdealHistorywe took a giant step closer to that ideal with our election of the first african-american president. we knew then that one of the nongovernmentelal benefits of his election was that black children and other children would be able to see new possibilities in their lives more clearly. i know that feeling. i remember that feeling of the suddenly expanded universe of possibility. i was one of those little boston irish catholic boys about the age of kid president when i watched john fitzgerald-kennedy take the oath of office as the first irish-catholic president. suddenly, a catholic could be president. a boston guy, an irish guy. jfk was from our town, but his upbringing was as different from ours as president obama's was from kid president's. irish-catholic kids felt a direct personal connection to jfk. all catholic kids did. we felt an instantaneous change of possibility in our world.
African-americanElectionOnePresidentChildrenStepIdealBenefitsKid-presidentKidPossibilityFeelingday in 1912. a lot of memories, some of them good, some of them bad for red sox fans. but the first one they usually tell you about is carlton fisk. >> there it goes! a long drive! if it stays fair -- >> fisk waves it fair. >> home run! >> in the '75 world series. perhaps the iconic moment in the history of a ballpark that has seen a lot of them. jfk's grandfather, john fitzgerald, threw out the first pitch at the brand-new fenway park on april 20, 1912, 100 years ago today. now i'm not much into omens, but fenway did open five days after the titanic went down in the north atlantic. >> i'm the king of the world! >> on december 26, 1919, just a year after the red sox won the 1918 world series, sox owner and theater producer harry frizzee
LotBoston-red-soxOneFansMemoriesSomeCarlton-fiskGoodThem1912BallparkWorld-seriesif you want to sound smart today tell your friends this structure, the one that would become the monster, was part of fenway's original blueprint but it wasn't painted green until 1947. that was the year advertisements were removed from the wall and green paint was added so it would match the rest of this green ball park. we're going to talk to mike barnicle in just a moment, get his memories from up here. but it was this pole, 1975, game six of the world series, carlton fisk comes to the plate, and this happens. >> there it goes. if it stays fair -- >> fiske waves it fair -- >> home run. >> in the 75 world series. perhaps the iconic moment in the history of a ball park that's seen a lot of them. jfk's grandfather, john fitzgerald threw out the first pitch at the grand-new fenway park on april 20th, 1912. 100 years ago today. now i'm not much into omens but
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