The First Black President: Barack Obama

Published by Pamela Gentry on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 2:14 pm.

President-elect Barack Obama and Vice president-elect Joe Biden, right, wave to their supporters after Obama delivered his victory speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago, Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

By Pamele Gentry, Senior Political Producer

COLUMBUS (Nov. 5, 2008) – Throughout the night I received text messages, voice mails and e-mails from folks who couldn’t believe what was happening.

One text message from my niece in South Carolina was simple, “OMG” [Oh my God]  and another from a niece in Michigan: “I wish toot could have seen this,” referring to Obama’s grandmother, who died Monday morning after suffering from cancer.  

Cheers, tears and hugs are the only way I can describe the crowd’s reaction to the news that the freshman senator from Illinois had won Ohio. 

Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman told me, “He’s done what Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, and John Kerry couldn’t do,” win Ohio.  The win in Ohio truly set the mood for the rest of night. While waiting for returns from other battleground states, the crowd gathered in downtown Columbus had an air of confidence.

Widescreen televisions became the focus of the night and as state after state turned blue, the crowd erupted into cheers.

Columbus along with Cleveland, Toledo, Dayton and Youngstown delivered for Obama, and he faired well with earlier voters, young folks and African-Americans is the state.  According to polling by CNN, Obama landed 63 percent of 18 -29 year-old voters, 97 percent of the Black vote, and 50 percent of the undecided cast their vote for the president elect. 

Ohio is an important state in presidential politics and Tuesday night it was one of the early signs Obama was on the road the victory.

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M. LaVora Perry Said on

“Rosa Parks sat, so Martin L. King could walk. Martin walked so Obama
could run. Obama ran so our children can fly!”

Does anyone know who first said these great and true words?



reeva Said on

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Congratulations to President Obama! We did it!



cecilenoe Said on

YES ,I BELIEVE SINCE DAY ONE ,AND GOD MAKE ME SEE THE LIGHT OF GOD, FOR THE WORLD TO SEE.
GOD BLESS OBAMA BARACK ,TO USE FOR HIS OWN PRUPUCE. BECAUSE NO ONE CAN DEFEAT GOD HIMSELF.
GOD IS GOD.
GOD BLESS THE CONTINENT AFRICA AND ISLES AND GOD BLESS UNITED-STATES OF AMERICA TO SEE THIS DAY ,WAITING SO LONG GENERATION PASS TO GENERATION GOD BLESS THE KING WITH HIS FAMILY MICHELLE AND HIS KIDS ,GOD BLESS JOE-BIDEN AND HIS FAMILY . CONGRADULATION THE KING OF THE WORLD THE KING OF GOD REJOICE ,REJOICE GOD IS GOD. CELEBRAT IS VICTORY CELEBRAT .THE LORD IS THE LORD NO ONE CAN DEFEAT GOD.
CONGRADULATION BARACK OBAMA………..CECILE



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what made you choose this picture for this article?



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Obama has really made HISTORY.



Daniel Oldjira Fufar Said on

Our work has just begun. We need to work with our new president. We should be able to not only say that Obama was the 1st black President; we should be able to say that we, black people, are as good as any other races. Our talents and achievements were undermined because our skin color. Now the time has came – a time in which we have testified against color discriminations.

May God bless America



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GT2008 Said on

The last time I checked Obama should be the first Inter Racial President. Why do all Americans need to put a color on someone rather than acknowledge what he or she can do for this country.



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Daniel Oldjira Fufar Said on

God has chosen a right leader at a right time. No one can stand against obama, becuse he is a leader chosen to lead the world. No leader in this world has ever had a clear policy as president Obama. May God bless him more.





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