So many of my friends and family shed tears as we watched people in Grant Park hear the news of president elect Barack Obama’s victory. Born in 1947 I am one of the many baby boomers who grew up in a predominatly white suburb of the Midwest. At 13 I witnessed President Kennedy’s breakthrough as the first Catholic president. In the 1960′s I witnessed the violence and nonviolent sides of the civil rights movement. Later bussing was used to promote and insure school integration in schools throughout metropolitan area. Two steps forward seemed to be made but then a step back would happen. Recently I read in our newspaper that employers will be more willing to hire a white man with a prison record than a black man without one. Yet Americans hired an African American for the top job of the nation. How proud I am that Barack Obama was chosen because of the content of his character! Many steps were made in this election and I hope we keep moving forward without having to take any steps backwards!