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All of the dues these people paid have led to this historic moment. I am thrilled at the turn this country is taking! Long live the Obamas!!!
It’s a great day.
It’s been a pleasure coming to this website every day during this amazing year. Congratulations to you, and to all of us Americans who did the right damn thing yesterday.
I can’t stop smiling.
Ah well, it’s off to the campaign office for cleanup. Whoo hoo!
You got me tearing up again. These pictures pretty much say it all. This is truly an amazing moment. Thanks, Oliver, for your efforts throughout this very long struggle, which is, of course, only just beginning. The PR battle to establish the meaning of the election is already on.
There was a hand made poster at an Obama party last night here in NY that sums it up
Rosa sat, so that
Martin could walk, so that
Barack could run, so that
Our children could fly.
Powerful photos Oliver. Great Stuff
Last night, the image that was most profound to me was seeing Rev. Jessie Jackson crying. Then hearing the AA leaders talking about how this election will take some time to sink in. The NO you can not do that is still embedded in the minds of African-Americans. As a Navy brat I grew up all over this nation and overseas but I remember living in Jax Beach FL until I was 9 years old. The separation was not spoken between everyone but we played with only whites and I did not question why. I was not raised to think about race division and talk hate but each side stayed separated. At 9 I moved to VT, a State that has a very small AA population but very tolerant to race. It helped me see the hidden racism that was present as I grew up. I have raised my children to view that all Americans are created equal and not to judge anyone by the color of their skin. There is still more work to be done. I am proud to say I was a part of this history and a part of the first blue State, I am more proud to say the Obama is my President.
Thank you for this post, Oliver. A poignant reminder.
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Yes. Thank you.
Oliver, I echo your sentiment. It is always in my heart, especially when elections are held.
We are forever in debt to those depicted in the photos you posted, and the unseen other millions of Americans, who took up the struggle for our civil and voting rights. It is why I vote.
This is the future of that past. Free at last! Free at last!
Excellent collage
metricpenny:
Bingo!! I’m amazed that Indiana went blue at least in the Presidential race.
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Thank you. Great post. Thanks for being there everyday. Keep up the good work. What a wonderful day!
Yes, thanks Oliver, for all your coverage, and these photos are just another plus. But also thanks to some of the best/smartest commentary, by the regulars here.
Pretty cool to be able to experience all that history right in your own backyard. Racism always had some roots in ‘yahoo economics’, and now a highly qualified black man will be instrumental in sweeping the YOYO economic yahoos out of DC.
For some reason I’ve had a perverse interest in the reactions of the opposition – what’s it like to be on the wrong side of history? Condi seemed genuinely pleased. But LaShawn Barber is still evangelical-wingnutty.
Hey Oliver,
Thanks for posting those pictures… I think some people truly forget where this country was just 40 or 50 years ago. Last night was the beginning of a new era.
Hopefully, the world will now view us in a different light, and we can stop being “Arrogant Americans” and actually have other countries identify with our leaders!
Very historic day, very great day. Like McCain said, the people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly.
I like the other post you had, where the man shouted “Abraham, JFK, Obama!”.
I go to the movie, and I go downtown
Somebody keeps telling me “don’t hang around”
It’s been a long, a long time coming, but I know
A change is gonna come oh yes it will.
To: Sam Cooke, Heaven
Oh, YES IT DID!
LaShawn Barber has the sense of history of a sand flea. Even the fiscal conservatives acknowledge the pyscho-social effect a biracial chief exec could have on “Black” American children.
I am 65 years old. I was in Selma in March 1965. I never beleived that this day would come. Who would I have to contact for copies of those pictures?
Mark D., thank you, too.
Just when I thought I would stop bawling like a baby…
Thank you, Oliver.
PS: Andre Torrez & I miss you.
-R
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