Standing just beyond the crush of Barack Obama supporters in Chicago's Grant Park, Mike Victor, a 57-year-old African- American commodities trader who has lived his entire life on Chicago's South Side, watched as the impossible dream came true.
"This is history in the making. Never in my lifetime have we seen something like this," he said. "This is a victory not only for African-Americans but for all the people. I'm not putting Barack Obama in the category of a saviour, but in extraordinary times, extraordinary leaders rise.
"Rosa [Parks] sat so Martin [Luther King] could walk. Martin walked so Obama could run. Obama ran so our children could fly," Mr. Victor said, attributing the poetic phrase to a wise man.
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