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Harlems Celebrates the 2008 Elections

November 13th, 2008 by Sandra Roa

Harlems Goes Wild

On Nov. 4, 2008 hundreds of people came together in front of a large video screen on the corner of 125th Street to watch as votes across America were counted.

At approximately 11 P.M. Sen. Barack Obama was declared the next elected president and the first black man in history to be elected for the highest office in U.S. government.

A diverse crowd of all ages and various ethnicities cheered on with  were mostly residents from the neighborhood.

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