Congratulations Mr. President

If Langston Hughes could witness Barack Obama as President of the United States, he would be a proud man.  Not just the goal of accomplishing a presidency would be jaw dropping, but knowing that a black man worked so hard towards such a huge accomplishment would have him turning over in his grave.  In the United States, men are selected regularly to be in charge of the country, but this is the first time a black man has been elected to run this country.

Hughes could not stand the thought of “A Dream Deferred,” believing that every man and woman, especially African American should aim towards the goals set.  He did not believe in excuses or the putting off of something that one desired.  No matter the color of your skin, Hughes believed in equal opportunity and expected everyone to take action.  Barack Obama being elected as the first African American President of the United States definitely would be something that illustrated that a dream should not be deferred.  It may have seemed unrealistic to Obama to be in the place he is now, but not putting his dreams off for later, he followed through with what he set out to be.

If Hughes’s were alive today, I would hope that he had enough courage to take some credit for this great accomplishment.  Obama following his dreams and taking on his greatest goal, but something he never expected to be, shows just how much a dream can be.  Obama refused to let his dream “dry up like a raisin in the sun” and that is how he managed to get where he is today.  Hughes could rejoice over his poem and the role model he allowed himself to be to everyone just like him.