AP reported early this morning that Sen. Barack Obama “laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation’s first black president.” It is quite true that this is a “historical step”; one that my children’s children will learn in American History classes. So where does this leave us now? Well, I’m not sharp enough to know exactly. But we can reflect on where we’ve been. And that’s exactly what Thabiti Anyabwile has done is this excellent timeline.

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