By Melvin J. Howard
It is a historic day for America congratulations to President-elect Obama. In the words of Senator John McCain this is especially an emotional day for African Americans. Not since martin luther king Jr. has someone inspired change for so many. This shows the world that America can over come great obstacles to unite under one flag for all. In Martin Luther King Jr. famous I have a dream speech his dream was that his four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. His dream was one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:
My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,
From every mountainside, let freedom ring!
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
I will leave it to the political pundits to debate what kind of administration President Obama will run and polices he will push. Heck I might not even agree with some of them after all I am a capitalist. But putting that all a side I am proud to be an American as a nation we have come that much closer to Martin Luther King Jr. I have a dream.
