I had to give myself the day today
to digest what just transpired and to reflect on the significance of this
event. After watching a quarter of a million people gather in the streets
of Chicago and people around the country and the world celebrating the election
of this country’s first African American president, I began to realize the
magnitude of the hope it has inspired.
I was also thinking about
this: it was only 44 years ago that the Civil Rights Act was signed into
law. It’s passage overcame a 54 day filibuster led by Richard Russell the
Georgian democrat and the “Southern Bloc” of former confederate state
senators.
We will resist to the bitter end any
measure or any movement which would have a tendency to bring about social
equality and intermingling and amalgamation of the races in our (Southern)
states.
Wow. What a long way we’ve
come.
This election doesn’t solve the
world’s problems. But for many, it’s a reason to hope.
No comments:
Post a Comment