Black lawmakers emotional about Obama’s success
Many black lawmakers said they were elated at Obama’s victory.
Many said they never thought such a day would come.
Many cried.
“If someone had told me this would be happening now, I would have told them they were crazy, out of their mind, they didn’t know what they were talking about,” said Lewis, who was president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee when he stood with King on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. “I just wish the others were around to see this day. … To the people who were beaten, put in jail, were asked questions they could never answer to register to vote, it’s amazing.”
Link:Politico.com
