Sen Kennedy was responsible for Zero speaking at the 04 convention. He was also responsible for the airlifts of Kenyan students to Hawaii........
In 1959 Tom Mboya discussed with President John Kennedy how they might raise funds for Kenyan students to study in the USA. Funds for the purpose were made available in 1960. The first airlift of 83 students arrived at Idelwild airport in September 1959. The students on board were selected by Mboya, the selection process was apparently very stringent, any slightest misdemeanor or criminal records elminated a candidate from selection. The fares were paid by Jackie Robinson and friends, that arrival list shows that the elder Barack Hussein Obama was NOT amongst the first arrivals. The first arrivals were met by CORA WEISS and Malcom X. Cora Weiss held the purse-stings of the association, the records are in her private collection held at Stanford. Barack Hussein Obama (Onyango) was already in Hawaii and had been interviewed one month PRIOR to the arrival of the students at Idelwild...he arrived in Hawaii in AUGUST. The fare for his journey plus some funds for living expenses were supplied by Elizabeth Mooney-Kirk and the LAUBACH LITERARY society. Barack Hussein Obama (Onyango) did at a later time receive some funds through the AASF, but that connection was established after Elizabeth Mooney-Kirk married and could no longer contribute to his living expenses. Any connection to Mboya or the airlift appears to be a myth.