Nurses tried to persuade 105 year old Ella Mae Johnson not to go to the inauguration today because of bone chilling cold.Ella Mae replied that she had parents who lived under slavery...
Knew the indignity of being called lesser than...
Experienced Women's Suffrage...
Rejoiced during the civil rights movement...
And today she desires to participate first-hand in Martin Luther King's... I Have a Dream,
by celebrating her 105th birthday attending the inauguration of a black President.
But it's too cold for you, Ella Mae, it'll be too hard on you. The crowds will be so big and it'll be top hard to get you there...
And... Ella Mae replied stoically. Now you've named the problems, and the solutions are?
Ella Mae will be there... She's on her way now. Nurses are pushing her in her wheel chair this morning.
As Aretha Franklin sings, My Country 'tis of Thee, and Barack Obama says the final words to the Oath of Office, "...So help me God," Ella Mae will be satisfied.
My Country 'tis of Thee
No turnin' back
No turnin' back...
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