BLACK POLITICAL SYMBOLISM LIKE JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL'S U.S. SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT IN 1967, AND PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S ELECTION IN 2008, HAVE INDEED DONE MUCH TO INSPIRE US, AFRICAN AMERICANS, COLORED'S, NEGROES, TO REASSURE US, THAT THERE IS A PLACE FOR US, IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY THAT EXCLUDES SO MANY OF US, DESPITE THESE RINGING SYMBOLS; EMBOLDENING US TO CARRY-ON, TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON!
