secretary of state.
A student of Abraham Lincoln, the president who preserved the union during the Civil War, Obama is believed to be building “a team of rivals,†pundits say. But his legacy may prove to be more aligned with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the nation’s chief executive who moved the country out the Great Depression by remaking America. Obviously, it’s too soon to judge Obama as President. That assessment will come after Jan. 20. But with the likely appointment, Obama’s stock has definitely risen.
Derek T. Dingle is the editor in chief of Black Enterprise magazine