THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-02-25_J_11.wmv">Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. gives the clue.</a>)  In a recent essay, I cited the election of Barack Obama as one of the 4 "transformative moments" in African-American history; this 1863 event was the first'
the Emancipation Proclamation