African american Quote by Mary Frances Berry

There's something beautiful about the fact that Obama was not just elected, but elected decisively across racial, and socio-economic and cultural groups and that…

— Maya Angelou

I'm so, so full of joy that America elected Obama. He didn't win because he was black - people voted for him because he…

— Estelle Fanta Swaray

I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that…

— Dilma Rousseff

African-American people adore President Obama.

— Julianne Malveaux

The election of Barack Obama was a very wonderful step forward for America, which has unfortunately been tainted by the ugly reaction of some…

— Jimmy Carter

African-American voters are not nearly as enthusiastic about [Hillary] Clinton as they were about [Barack] Obama.

— Mara Liasson

When we were covering the 2008 campaign I told my young African American colleagues that despite the historical significance of victory, Barack Obama was…

— Bill Moyers

I'm so, so full of joy that America elected Obama.

— Estelle

Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.

— Douglas Wilder

America was magnificently characterized in November of 2008 when we elected, for the first time, an African-American President of the United States.

— David Scott

The 2008 presidential election was a triumph of hope and unity over fear and divisiveness. Barack Obama's election reshapes America's political landscape and wipes…

— Amy Klobuchar

The greatest hope most Americans - including Republicans - had when Barack Obama was elected president was that the election of a black person…

— Dennis Prager