 Barack Obama: Afro-Americans celebrate victory
On Tuesday Afro-Americans celebrated the historic presidential election victory with tears, horn blasts and shouts of joy. They have thronged places like churches, bars, on the street and in their houses.
Detailed news on Barack Obama has been gathered from varied sources. In New York, people of all races came down from Broadway and also from Columbia University to the campaign office of Barack Obama at 105th Street. They shouted "O-ba-ma" at top of their voices.
All the supporters of Barack Obama drove through the streets of downtown Washington for hours, dancing and cheering. A crowd of numerous people gathered outside the gates of the White House, beating a drum.
In Atlanta, at civil rights leader Martin Luther King's old church, Ebenezer Baptist, a the announcement of victory of Barack Obama has been greeted with boisterous shout that rolled on for minutes.
And in Chicago's Grant Park, Rev. Jesse Jackson stood amongst a crowd of myriads of supporters of Barack Obama with tears rolling down his cheeks.
Jackson, who twice sought the presidency himself, also had witnessed King's assassination of Martin Luther King in Memphis almost forty years ago. |
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