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NewLIfeArea Donating Member (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 09:44 PM
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Ann Nixon Cooper passed away
Ann Nixon Cooper, the Atlanta centenarian whose name President Obama invoked in his election-night speech as a symbol of America's struggles and progress, died Monday. She was 107.

In his victory speech in Chicago, Illinois, Obama said of Cooper, who was African-American: "She was born just a generation past slavery ... when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

"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."

Cooper, who was just 19 days shy of her 108th birthday, died at her home surrounded by loved ones, friend Sally Warner told CNN.
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 09:47 PM
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1. Wow. Almost 108. That is quite a feat!
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NewLIfeArea Donating Member (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 09:56 PM
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2. Yeah
She had been witness many history, WWI,Great Depression, Titanic sink, WWII, Civic right, many wars, 9/11, and seen first black president!
She was full of her life.
bless her.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 10:00 PM
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3. RIP
Edited on Mon Dec-21-09 10:02 PM by bigwillq
K and R.
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angee_is_mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 10:01 PM
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4. Saw this on another blog
and thank you for posting it here.
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 10:01 PM
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5. I'm glad she got to see Obama become President. RIP, Ann.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 10:08 PM
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 10:10 PM
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 10:13 PM
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8. Was she a White "socialist" who thought this President was her personal property?
Edited on Mon Dec-21-09 10:15 PM by FrenchieCat
No.






I'm sure she passed content.
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NewLIfeArea Donating Member (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 10:26 PM
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9. huh?
:wtf:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 10:33 PM
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 10:36 PM
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11. A wonderful enlightened woman who lived through so much
RIP Ann Nixon Cooper. The world was better for having had you and is sadder for having lost you:hug:
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 11:45 PM
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12. I'd bet she say today...she was still proud of her POTUS if she could.
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racaulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-21-09 11:59 PM
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13. Rest in peace, dear lady.
:(
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 03:54 AM
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14. R-I-P Annie
I'm glad you got to see him become president.
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Kind of Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 04:04 AM
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15. Thanks for posting and welcome to DU.
Nice way to pass surrounded by all that love.
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