Happy Inauguration Day!

Today was a great day, a great moment in history! When 46 years ago, African Americans couldn't vote, when people were beat, put in jail, humiliated and even murdered, today to watch Barack Obama be sworn in as our new president meant so much more than I can express...

Let's see...so, here's how I spent my day:

Inaugural Viewing at work....Freshest Old School Line of the Inauguration:

"Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around ... when yellow will be mellow ... when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right. That all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen." - Rev. Joseph E. Lowery

"Ha!" - Me






MLK Memorial Celebration featuring my beautiful friend Sandra and my bfb (niece) "KaeKae" Kalea! I worked 2-3 weeks on the 2 photo montages they showed at the event! It was crazy emotional to research images from slavery, Civil War, Jim Crow, Little Rock 9, the Civil Rights Movement to Celebrations in Black history, Hurricane Katrina and ending with Obama...it was a very deep visual journey, but everything turned out perfect in the end! Everyone worked so hard to put the event together. There were 2 Gospel Choirs, an "out of this world' Gospel singer - Joy Jones(yes! her voice made me and Sandra cry - in a good way) a Brass Ensemble, student readers, candlelight march...it was a beautiful night!!