Celebrate the Change Sweeping America with this Exclusive Barack
Obama Essay and Photograph Package…
When You Purchase The
National Urban League’s Report On The Black Male
Featuring Then Senator Barack Obama’s Foreword
Dear Readers,
Of course I am honored to be the publisher of the annual Urban
League’s report on the state of affairs of black Americans in 2007.
It’s considered by many to be the most accurate contemporary
barometer of the conditions of African Americans. And the civil
rights organization has produced its assessment annually since 1976.
The 2007
edition focuses on the conditions of the black male. Urban League
CEO Marc H. Morial said that glaring equality gaps continue to exist
between black men and their white counterparts. “Empowering black
males to reach their full potential is the most serious economic and
civil rights challenge we face today,” he declared.
That
seemed a good idea to me. Then the editor told me that Barack Obama,
a senator from Illinois, would write the foreword. That seemed like
a good idea too. Maybe…maybe he would win.
I was
especially pleased to be the publisher. For the first time, the
report would be distributed nationally as a trade paperback to
bookstores everywhere.
Now that edition—with his
special foreword—is a collector’s item. Imagine the foresight of the
Urban League editor to ask that senator to write the foreword.
Suddenly, from almost nowhere, he was a presidential candidate. Then
he was a serious contender. Then he won.
How many forewords do you think he has written? How many times has a
president contributed to a national collection of essays? How many
presidents have seen their autobiographies skyrocket into best
sellers?
So I decided to make a
special offer. For a keepsake and unique historical record.
Why not combine the 2007 report with a special
signed edition…framable…5 X 7… of a fabulous photograph of President
Barack Obama on the campaign trail? When I saw the shot by renowned
New England photographer Steve Lipofsky, I knew that we had an
out-of-the ordinary keepsake package.
Steve liked the idea immediately. He would
print each 5 X 7 inch photograph on acid-free stock himself and then
sign it. We would slip it into the book.
Lipofsky has been the official photographer for
the Boston Red Sox and was the official photographer for the Boston
Celtics for 23 years. He has two Sports Illustrated covers to
his credit and his work appears in countless periodicals, books,
video productions and films throughout the world. His subjects have
included Presidents Clinton and Obama, Lee Iacocca, Bill Russell,
Johnny Carson, OJ Simpson, and practically every living National
Basketball Association legend.
And that’s the package we have for you: to help
celebrate the change sweeping America.
For a limited time you get:
The State of Black America 2007 –a
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Signed 5X7 framable never before published
photograph of Barack Obama—a $24.95 value…Yours for
$9.95
Shipping via speedy USPS Priority Mail—Yours
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Don’t Wait, Supplies are Limited.
Sincerely,
Barry Beckham,
President