Hanes Walton

The Red and Blue State Divide in Black and White: The Historic 2008 Election of President Barack Obama

Springfield, Illinois on that cold Saturday morning, February 10, 2007, in nearly every circle of thought in most racial and ethnic minority enclaves of America, to say nothing of the majority population in this country, Obamas victory was thought to be either an impossibility or a near improbability when he announced his candidacy for the Democratic Partys nomination at the state capitol.1 While skeptics and naysayers could be found inside and outside of the Democratic