On the 53rd anniversary of the murder of Emmitt Till, the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech at the Washington Mall and 72 years after the first African Americans attended a Democratic national convention, history happened.
Barack Obama became the first African American to accept the Democratic Party nomination for the president of the United States. His acceptance came before 84
,000 faithful in a stadium where a contact sport stirs men's blood year in and year out.
His acceptance speech was inspirational and spirited. Republicans John McCain and George W. Bush were taken to task for failures too many to list, but many were ticked off, and too painful to ignore. His acceptance speech offered hope framed by real solutions to real problems. His acceptance speech was a rapid round of fire power in the escalating battle for the White House.
November 5, 2008 may be the time the forces for good won.
It would be a great change and a greater leap forward for America.
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