[WardFive] Why is it?

Thanks Louise!



ANC Commissioner 5A09

Shirley Rivens Smith, President

US Africa Sister Cities Foundation, Inc.

DC-Dakar

2000 Upshur St., NE

Washington, DC 20018

www.usasc.org

202-635-3138






Why is it that a Black Man can create a tiny piece called a filament
(electric light - Lewis Latimer) that allows people to see in the

dark?





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But can't be seen as fit to lead a country to the true light.

Why is it that a Black Man can create an instrument (clock - Benjamin
Banneker) that all people use to tell time?
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But people don't think it is time for him to run a country.

Why is it that a Black Man can design a place for the high authorities to
meet in and a place for the president to live in (The Capital and the White
House)
Phillip Reid (a slave) and Pierre L'Enfant)?
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But not be seen as good enough to lead these meetings or live in himself.

Why is it that a Black Man was brilliant enough to do the first open heart
surgery (Dr. Daniel Hale Williams) and show the world how to get and
preserve
plasma (Dr. Charles Drew)?
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But not be seen as good enough to put a program in place where everyone can
afford this surgery.

Why is it that a Black Man was creative enough to design an instrument
(traffic light - Garrett Morgan) to bring multiple people (traffic) to a
halt?
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But not be seen as creative enough to design a plan to bring all this
unnecessary and worthless fighting between countries to a halt?

Why is it that a Black Man could create the soles (shoes - Jan Matzeliger)
that people walk on every day?
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But not be seen as good enough to fill the shoes of president of the United
States.



Why is it that a Black Man was smart enough and brave enough to teach
himself (Fredrick Douglas and Thomas Fuller- both slaves) and others how to
read, write and/or
calculate math?
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But not be seen as smart enough and bold enough to calculate a platform to
be President to a country that sure needs another first by us.

So you see my Brothers and Sisters what I am saying is let us not forgot our
past, which led us to our present and can definitely be the backbone to our
future.
We were good enough, smart enough, creative enough, and bold enough then, so
let us all give Obama the chance to show that we are still these things and
more. We all are as strong as our weakest link, so do not be that weak link
that denies our people that chance to show we still can OVERCOME!



LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO RE-ELECT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

AS PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
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