![]() My parents shared not only an improbable love they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. Bill, bought a house through FHA, and moved west in search of opportunity.Īnd they, too, had big dreams for their daughter, a common dream, born of two continents. Back home, my grandmother raised their baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line. The day after Pearl Harbor he signed up for duty, joined Patton's army and marched across Europe. ![]() Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. While studying here, my father met my mother. Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place America which stood as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before. His father, my grandfather, was a cook, a domestic servant.īut my grandfather had larger dreams for his son. He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack. My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let's face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. ![]() On behalf of the great state of Illinois, crossroads of a nation, land of Lincoln, let me express my deep gratitude for the privilege of addressing this convention. ![]()
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