First Afro-american President

The plight of the slaves were not getting any better until the Reconstruction Period, when American tried to rehabilitate itself from the ruins of its Civil War.  In this period, a particularly distinct concern was to put an end to slavery.  Notwithstanding however the granting of citizenship and voting rights to a good number of black slaves, the emancipation of the Afro-slaves were never complete.

Of course, we have come to know about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.  These black people — together with the other like-minded Afro-Americans of their times — risked their limbs and lives for the sole purpose of securing for the next generations of black Americans the joys of experiencing full freedom.

And, now, we have seen how an Afro-American senator has beaten a woman-senator to become the Democrats’ presidential contender in the time when any association with the Republican President George W. Bush means political kiss of death.

In parting, we cannot but be cognizant of the fact that the Caucasians who have come to rule America since its inception as a nation boast of their tradition of fighting for freedom back in the Old World where they originally came from.  They are taking this as a basis for their decisions and actions as they soar ahead in the destination that they have charted for themselves.

The Afro-Americans, as they look back, have memories of their checkered past.  Not because of their own doing, but because it was the destiny that was imposed on them by the white Americans since 17th century when the first batch of Africans were transported to Virginia to work for the English company.

All eyes will definitely be on Barack Obama.  When he steps into the Oval Office — which I hope he will — he carries on his shoulders not only the present, but likewise the past of not only the Afro-Americans but also of the entire America.