The 80th Birthday of Dr. King and the Inauguration of Obama as President

Clarence B. Jones: Now that Obama has become America's first African-American president elect, I hope that in his inaugural address, the day following our national holiday commemorating Dr. King's birthday, he will make specific reference to the confluence of historic events in our nation's capital. Having witnessed history first-hand with Dr. King and being fortunate to be one of his few advisors to live to witness the history-in-the-making that is the Obama presidency, I uniquely bridge a gap. I have both the honor and the responsibility to try and answer the overarching question: What would Martin Luther King, Jr. say about Senator Barack Obama's election as President of the United States? Click here to read more.