"The fruit of the Movement, indeed." Now November 4th has come and passed. The brother not merely survived: he has prevailed. But in so doing he has now taken ownership of a raft of national crises of potentially terminal severity and complexity which for far too long have been allowed to grow and fester untreated in the social body. To seriously engage these will require qualities of leadership which this nation has only rarely known, certainly not in recent memory. He will of necessity, as president of all the people, be custodian of all the people's hopes and anxieties in this uncertain age. A truly daunting prospect, but do not rush to bet against him too soon. By mobilizing the hope, energy and decency of his supporters has he not already done the impossible? If he can bring to governance the same spirit he brought to campaigning we got a shot, perhaps the only shot we got. The last great hope? One lady in Louisiana told a reporter, "election day, honey? It was a jubilation, chile. Ah' got my Momma, mah sister, mah cousin an' my brother who ain't never voted in his life. We done cast our ballot for Obama. It was a family affair" She shared a text-message being circulated across the black south: "Rosa sat So Martin could walk. Martin walked, So Barack could run. Barack ran, So our children can fly" Let the church say, "Amen." All our children...aaw! God's chillun." - Barack Obama (by Ekwueme Michael Thelwell) Which of the following contributed most directly to Barack Obama's 2008 victory?

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