The day after Sen. Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, my mom sent me the following text message: "I woke up this morning, did my prayer time and then turned on my TV to see if anything had changed. Thank God it hadn't."

That was the feeling among many African-Americans and others Nov. 5. Yes, indeed, the first African-American was elected to the most powerful position in the world. The world didn't implode. But I can assure you that a lot of fol ...

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