Julian Bond
The work the NAACP has done for 100 years now has had success that we didn't dream of. We weren't working to make a black person President of the United States, but it was a natural result. It has, I think, less to do with his race as it does to do with his politics. He's just a great break from the past. If you look at the past eight years and look ahead, it literally is going to be night and day.
See pictures of the civil rights movement from Emmett Till to Barack Obama.