Black in White
Or the first time a Black man is in the White House and that is History, but those in the legal profession can relate to the President and the First Lady as both of them have the LAW background.
43 MEN, 42 of them white have occupied the most prestigious political office in the world and they came from different backgrounds and professions.
Lyndon Johnson was a teacher at a small school in South Texas. Woodrow Wilson was president of Princeton University. James Garfield was a preacher.
William Howard Taft is the only President who served as both President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. John F. Kennedy won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his collection of essays. George Washington and Jimmy Carter were farmers; Carter made peanuts very popular. Woodrow Wilson became the first President to marry in office.
President Obama taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago.
One of my editorial colleagues was so carried away with the inaugural speech that he insisted that we carry it. He says, “This is indeed a remarkable speech - every word of it. It has a strong message for everybody on this Planet. He not only addressed his fellow Americans but sent out a message to the world leaders - good, bad and ugly that now is the time to take a deep breath and change course.”