African American History Month Day 2

Wow, what a rare opportunity to be a part of living history, particularly black living history. On November 4th, 2008 we witnessed an earth shaking event whose after shocks were felt around the world and whose epicenter originated right here in the USA. African American history for so many of us is a passive endeavor, whether it's witnessing the first African American to fly into space, or hold the heavy weight title, or to earn a PhD from Harvard University. We celebrated the accomplishments but yet we were observers. Well this time it was different. To borrow a contemporary term, it was interactive. Who didn't in some way do their part, whether it be through donations, caucusing, or advocacy, in order to make this moment in African American History a reality. But of course no one did more to make this reality a possibility than all the countless and nameless ancestors, many of whom , sacrificed their lives, worked three times as hard (black tax), suffered humiliation (Jim Crow), not because they wanted a monument erected of them, but so that their offsprings and humanity as a whole can live free. To them we say thank you.

Barack Obama - First African American President of the United States and first non-white leader of a western nation.

Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk hʊˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. He is also the first non-white head of state and head of government in a Western nation. Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from 2005 until he resigned following his 2008 election to the presidency. He was inaugurated as President on January 20, 2009.

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