Yesterday I cried. As I drove to work, listening to the music being played on the radio that ever so accurately described what this day meant for me and millions of other Americans, my eyes welled up with tears at the possible outcome of today’s election. The long lines I encountered at 6 am, brought [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’
A New America
Posted: November 5, 2008 in Uplifting, Commentary, My LIfeTags: Barack and Being Black, Barack Obama, BET, Change is Gonna Come, Chicago, Democrat, DNC, Grandmother, integrity, Jeff Johnson, Jim Crow, Love, Obama Wins, Sam Cooke, strength, support, the 44th president of the United States, The First African American President, The First Family, The Great Black Vote, The Truth, The United States of America, unity, YES WE CAN
The Great Black Vote…
Posted: September 26, 2008 in Commentary, UpliftingTags: A Change Gonna Come, Audubon Ballroom, Barack Obama, civil rights, erie, great music, Malcolm X, racism, Sam Cooke, Spike Lee, The Great Black Vote
This video has been circulating around the cyber world through e-mail and I came across it today. It’s a really touching video that sent chills through my body as I watched and listened. Not to mention the footage is set to one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE songs, “A Change is Gonna Come” by Sam [...]
Barack and Being Black….
Posted: September 3, 2008 in Commentary, My LIfe, UpliftingTags: Barack Obama, Black Americans, crying, Democratic National Convention, elders, Father, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, History in the making., Joe Biden, politics, racism, south
Greetings!!!! I don’t want you all to get too aroused at the expected political commentary to come in this blog, because I am far from a connoisseur of Politics. I just wanted to talk about the most important program that has graced the boob tube in recent history, The Democratic National Convention. I was watching [...]
To whom it may concern…….
Posted: January 15, 2009 in Commentary, My LIfe, UpliftingTags: 2009 Inauguration, 80 years old, A New America, Barack Obama, civil rights, Confidence, Dr. King, Election Day, Happy Birthday To Ya, I Have A Dream Speech, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Day, Martyr, McDonald's commercial, Poise, Powerful, Rosa Parks, Stevie Wonder, the 44th president of the United States
On this day each year we celebrate the life, contributions, self-less sacrifice, and altruism of one of the greatest men to honor this world with his short presence. Although the official holiday isn’t until the third Monday of this month, on this day 80 years ago the world was forever changed. I can remember, throughout [...]