"A house built by slaves"

The White House
"A house built by slaves"
It was extremely moving to see the Obama's visiting their future home, The White House, a house built by slaves. Yesterday on the independent radio/tv news program Democracy Now, Alice Walker read her open letter to Barack Obama. Alice Walker was the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. She won the award for her work The Color Purple. Walker exudes a calming wisdom as she reads her eloquent and powerful prose.

I suggest that everybody take a few minutes and listen to Walker's words. They are profound and capture some of the magnitude and hope of this historic moment.

Click the link below for the entire show from Tuesday November 11th. I reccommend watching the entire episode, however for just the Walker portion, go to minute 9:56 and watch from there.

Enjoy!
http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2008/11/11

And please leave your thoughts and comments about the clip, the election in general, or any other thoughts you may be inspired to leave.