This video (4min 48sec) is about 'The Obama Generation'. Barack Obama and many of his political contemporaries represent what many see as a new type of black politician.
Barack Obama: "I thank the Moses Generation, but we've got to remember now, that Joshua still had a job to do. We're gonna leave it to the Joshua Generation to make sure it happens."
Representative Artur Davis (D-Alabama): "He appreciates and I appreciate that we're the successor generation. The generation of African-Americans before us had to struggle in a very valiant way for things that we take for granted."
"Mr Obama and many of his political contemporaries represent what many see as a new type of black politician. They're leading the generation of African-Americans who came of age after the civil-rights movement..."
