So you heard black women say they love obama as a brother, then you asked one single black woman a question and that speak for all black women? You clearly have mental issues going on in your head about black women....take this advise from a black man go see a doctor bro!

If it sounded so hollow then why did u chant it! U remind me of the hosts of BLACK women who were/are so in love with Obama. "I love him like a brother", one of them said. I asked her to name me just ONE of his policies. She went quiet and disappeared! In other words, she couldn't! BLACK women/people - LOL!!

I hear you 100% on the above paragraph, but what you said does not apply just to black women. You have many black people in America that voted for Obama, simply just because he is black. Ask them about Obama’s polices, they will go quiet.

''At least u didn't recommend anything by Mandela or any of his African bros, so that, at least, is to your credit!''

When you say Mandela's 'African brothers' are you referring to Marcus Garvey and Mohamed Ali? if so then I would have take issue with that. Malcolm X was heavily influenced by Marcus, his Father being a Garveyite. His speech was quite impressive, although admittedly certain parts of his speech have not stood the test of time the way Malcolm's has. For example, Marcus refers to a Unite States of Afrika. Do we really need or aspire to this? was Afrika this way before it was colonised and split up under the Belgium Conference of 1884?

In regard to Mohamed Ali's speech, it was and still remains powerful and in a sense very relevant. I mean you have many black soldiers who are fighting countries that have not done them any harm. The countries of which these black soldiers are fighting for constantly belittle and ill treat that on a daily basis.

David Myles, London

Both King's and Malcolm X's speech are outstanding which must have something to do with the era in which they were made. Polar opposites in regards to solutions and so effective in appealing to the people at the time. I agree that Obama's speech was quite clinical and said little really. The sound bite 'yes we can' seemed hollow then and hollow now and I am someone who chanted it often. You must agree however that if both King and Malcolm were alive today, they would have been equally blown away that a black man is in the White House. I don't think either would have imagined such an historical occasion - ever. Obama does owe them a lot and I think he has acknowledged that often.

Mandela and Obama both send me to sleep. Dr Martin Luther King's and Malcolm X's speeches were world class and breath-taking!

However, as for the long-term benefits of anybody's speeches - well, it's difficult to see them which begs the question of the point of the whole exercise!