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I had been at the roulette table
for well over an hour. Luck came and luck went playing the same
numbers was my personal style for many years. With each chair
now full at the table and players standing and wagering as well
I picked up my chips and headed to the rear of the Mississippi
styled paddle wheel casino permanently berthed on the river.
For well over three months I
had been hard at work writing new history for America.
I walked out the doors and stepped
up on the rear deck of the ship. In a perfect row were southern
plantation style wood rocking chairs. Taking a seat I noticed
how quiet it was a light breeze and a very robust colored sunset.
My suit coat was just right for the evening weather. I began
thinking about the presidential race that elected our first African-American
leader of the free world. Forty three before were American. Barack
Hussein Obama, the newly elected Forty forth president of the
United States of America is like every previous U.S. president
a natural American citizen.
It took 232 years to elect a
man whose color would have kept him from our buses, lunch counters,
restrooms, neighborhoods and politics less than four decades
ago.
As I rocked back and forth I
thought about how we were changing as a nation, equal rights,
fair pay and a free voice.
Men had dreams that became full
visions promoting equality. Gone were the days of slavery, segregation,
and riots.
Lincoln, Kennedy, and King cut
down in the prime of life for selling their vision of the American
Dream.
In the still night my thoughts
were interrupted by music and laughter when I was joined on deck
by a distinguished looking gentleman of African-American decent.
We exchanged pleasantries, shook hands and sat down next to each
other. We passed time for a few minutes with small talk. I then
asked him, so do you feel any different today? No, he said and
our conversation continued, the constitution, Bill of Rights,
The War Between the States, slavery and freedom.
We stood to bid each other a
good evening. We embraced each other and I said in a parting
thought, we are united in American color "Red", red
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