Barack Obama’s Historic Win: Reflections on a Groundbreaking Election

I decided to put off publishing this blog post a week, because I knew I was going to want to write about the election, win or lose. As America went to the polls last Tuesday, I have to say I wasn’t sure history was going to be made. I wasn’t sure that America would be ready to elect a Black man for President. I am so glad I was wrong. I don’t think it can be overstated enough how historic Barack Obama’s win is. Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, shattered centuries-old barriers to become the first African American elected President of the United States.