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.. I see his election not as the end but as a continuum. We are not there yet... I see this as a down payment - a major down payment on the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. We still have a great distance to go before we lay down the burden of race. "

-- Congressman & Civil Rights Icon, John Lewis { nationally known after his role on the Selma to Montgomery marches, colleague to Dr.King

..regarding the the election of the first African American President of the United States..