The 2008 Election In words and Pictures
In words and pictures
First the words.
Bernard-Henri Levy on the Charlie Rose last night related what "an Average American woman" told him yesterday:Levy said this was the American equivalent of China's "Long March".
And the pictures:
First the words.
Bernard-Henri Levy on the Charlie Rose last night related what "an Average American woman" told him yesterday:
Rosa Parks sat
so that
Martin Luther King could walk
so that
Barack Obama could run
so that
the American people could fly.
And the pictures:
posted by Emily at 11/05/2008 10:43:00 PM
5 Moderated Comments:
I still can't believe it, Emily. It still brings tears to my eyes. It can't be helped. We are changed. Not enough yet, not nearly enough. But we - all of us - are agents of change.
Oh, Emily, this post is amazing. As a young girl, I remember Civil Rights marches and LBJ working with Dr. King to bring the Civil Rights Amendment for Johnson's signature. My awareness came from the good fortune of being born in a liberal family.
Vigilante wrote everything else I would say. I just wonder if somewhere, the great poet Langston Hughes, is joyously celebrating.
Oppression
Now dreams
Are not available
To the dreamers,
Nor songs
To the singers.
In some lands
Dark night
And cold steel
Prevail
But the dream
Will come back,
And the song
Break
Its jail.
I don't have the words to express my joy! It is just so exciting to be a part of something so big. Never have I felt this way before. And never have I been more proud to be an American.
For the first time I'm REALLY proud of my country.
Emily, here are some pictures you missed. Have Kleenex tissues handy. H/T to Edgar Newt.
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