An activist in the civil rights moment, 102-year-old Winonah Greene lives to see an African-American president. ...more

January 7, 2009

The day after Barack Obama was elected president, Kari Fulton heard a white colleague proclaim that racism in America is dead. ...more

January 4, 2009

Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. ...more

November 16, 2008

"We have too many people continuing to make too many self-destructive choices. If, as a young lad, Barack Obama had chosen to put himself in a place where he was forced to deal with what they call 'baby mama drama,' I guarantee you he would not be in the White House right now," said the Rev. Kenneth Stewart of Tabernacle of Hope. ...more

November 10, 2008

TAMPA A move may be under way among Hillsborough County Republicans to replace county party Chairman David Storck, who forwarded an e-mail shortly before Tuesday's election containing language some considered racist. ...more

November 7, 2008

It wasn't an election. It was THE election. These blacks from Tampa filled in the bubble for a candidate they felt passionately about. ...more

November 5, 2008

Appalachia can be a cold country for liberals, so when word came that the Obama campaign was opening an office in town, Dee Crescitelli started driving by, just to see if it was open yet. ...more

October 6, 2008

Appalachia can be a cold country for liberals, so when word came that the Obama campaign was opening an office in town, Dee Crescitelli started driving by, just to see if it was open yet. ...more

October 5, 2008

Appalachia can be a cold country for liberals, so when word came that the Obama campaign was opening an office in town, Dee Crescitelli started driving by, just to see if it was open yet. ...more

October 5, 2008

The Oct. 2 exchange between vice presidential nominees Sarah Palin and Joe Biden might outdraw McCain and Obama. ...more

September 27, 2008