Today I am proud...VERY PROUD

Written on 10:06 PM by gracefully discovering:

I AM SO HAPPY TO BE ALIVE IN THIS HISTORIC TIME IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN OUR LIVES.

Tonight, Barack Obama SECURED the Democratic Nomination and words cannot express the happiness that I feel in my heart right now. I wish my grandparents were alive to see this....to witness a BLACK MAN become the democratic nominee for the President of the United States of America. This is truly what all of the mothers and fathers of the civil rights movement gave their lives for...spent days in jail and endured beatings from people who were not ready for change.

People like Ida B. Wells, Shirley Chisholm, Fannie Lou Hamer, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, the Little Rock 9, the Greensboro Four, Rosa Parks, W.E.B Dubois and Malcolm X - to just name a few of our people who stood up and fought for change in this Country. Thank You! Thank you for paving the way for Barack Obama to be able to run for President.

We are living in a day.....a new day where a woman and a black man can run for the President of the United States. WE HAVE OVERCOME!



This picture was taken in 2004 at Chicago State University with myself, other CSU students, President Daniels and the man BARACK OBAMA himself!

I am just really excited tonight...for Barack and his family, for this Country, for the Democratic party and most importantly for Black people across the world. This is an awesome time for black folks! Now, when little kids say that they want to grow up to be the President of the United States- THEY CAN REALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE THAT CHANCE!
This is a moment that we all have been waiting on.

Today I am proud...very proud!