Obama, Hillary converge at civil rights event
Reuters, Selma
Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, along with former President Bill Clinton, take their high-voltage fight for the White House to a hallowed symbol of the US civil rights movement yesterday. The trio of political stars descends on the small town of Selma, Alabama, for a series of events commemorating the 42nd anniversary of the 1965 civil rights march, a historic milestone in the drive to end racial segregation in America's South. The early campaign collision between Clinton and Obama, the top two contenders for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, is another sign of the budding intensity of their rivalry.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, greets supporters after the kickoff of the Great American Cleanup at City Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday. Clinton joined Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to launch a national campaign to gather thousands of volunteers to pick up trash and plant trees in public recreation areas in an effort to educate people to have a lower impact on the environment. PHOTO: AFP |
