Obama's Win Marks New Chapter In Black History

from National Public Radio

Bryan Monroe, editorial director of Ebony and Jet magazines, says Barack Obama's victory shows the conversation on race can now be had more "as equal partners." Mary Frances Berry, a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, says Obama has benefited from the path set by the likes of Tiger Woods and Condoleezza Rice.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, November 5, 2008