I'm drenched in tears as I write this diary. Tears of Joy.
This is a story that shall not go ignored. Let me tell it. The city known to many as Bombingham during the Civil Rights area voted for a skinny black man with a funny name. The first time that a Democratic Presidential Candidate since before the Civil Rights era carried Jefferson County and that man was Barack Obama.
On Tuesday Nov 4, 2008 blacks and whites celebrated together not apart at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham Alabama.
