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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 04 > ‘This is our moment’

‘This is our moment’

Obama wins the Democratic nomination and will be the first black man on a major party’s ticket; Clinton offers her congratulations - but no concession

By Bulletin wire reports / The Bulletin
June 4, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minn. — It was the most historic night so far in Barack Obama’s life and one of the biggest in American politics.

For a few minutes, he let himself feel it.

Securing enough support to become the first black American to win a major party’s backing for....

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