President-elect Barack Obama looks out from the back of a train at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, Jan. 17, 2009, as he embarks on his inaugural whistle stop train trip to Washington. (Photo: AP)
A New National Scripture (click here)
By ANTHONY LEWIS
Published: January 16, 2009
Barack Obama’s election as president had a thousand fathers in the long history of the struggle against American racism. But three events stand out as decisive in creating the possibility of an African-American president....
