America’s First Black President
On November 5th 2008, I awoke with lingering pictures in my mind of the election of Barack Hussein Obama, the first African American, to the highest office in the land. On November 4th, I, like countless other African Americans, was filled with uncontainable feelings of elation and awe at the historic significance of that moment. I watched as my son seemed to grow in stature right before my eyes with the announcement “Barack has won!” I listened as he expressed a renewed sense of purpose and belief about life’s possibilities. I was surprised to see the outpouring of emotion in him, this enormous surge of energy brought on by a mysterious power born purely and simply of hope. He was not alone in his enthusiasm, the phone began to ring, and soon text and email...
