"The light of the new age is here"... (Forrest Whitaker)
After taking the oath of the Presidency with his hand on the Bible last used by Abraham Lincoln, our new President made his way to commune and celebrate this historic moment with the people that helped put him in office
A beautiful couple and family to represent our great country. I am Proud to be an American.
I finally feel that my history will no longer relegated to a few chapters on Slavery, demeaning descriptions of the natives who inhabit the "Dark Continent", or the few larger than life hero's and heroine's assassinated before for their belief in equality and justice, by fear and hate filled white men. I belong here. Just as you belong here with me.
From the Emancipation Proclamation and Abraham Lincoln ~ The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. Adopted December 6, 1865.
To Franklin Delano Roosevelt whose New Deal was extremely helpful to African Americans and other minorities, but who also declined to vote for anti-lynching legislation to preserve his southern voter constituency...
To Martin Luther King, Jr. who saw the vision of equality and justice realized in his dream..but did not live to see it to fruition. Who had great faith in the potential that this nation could transcend its own moral ineptitude..
To John and Robert Kennedy.... to all of the unsung, unspoken and unknown heros who fought and died for the rights of those who had no rights....
To a man, who at one time would have considered worth only 3/4ths of a white person.. sworn into the highest position in the Nation, if not the world (can't be too ethnocentric) taking the oath of the Presidency with his hand on the same bible used by Lincoln...
To each one of us, who are alive to witness this sea change toward hope, empowerment and contribution.
"I am asking you to Believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington... I am asking you to believe in yours"... ~Obama
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