Obama Inauguration Historic For Whites, Too.

Dr. Martha Fay believes Barack Obama's election shows a great change attitudes toward race in America.

By: Russ Riesinger | WSAV-TV
Published: January 20, 2009

Barack Obama’s inauguration as president will not only mark a milestone for blacks in this country, but for many whites as well. Doctor Martha Fay, a long-time civil rights warrior in Savannah, says the idea that black man could become president was unthinkable for blacks and whites not that long ago. "It shows a great change in attitude you see on television over white families rejoicing just like black families and I think that is great." Dr Fay, who is now 95, spent dozens of years as a school board member and health board member in Chatham County as well as working with the Council on Human Relations. She says even though Savannah was more progressive than many other southern cities when it comes to race relations, whites who supported civil rights were often ostracized. Dr. Fay says Obama’s election proves that Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s dream is much closer to becoming reality. "I'm glad that we have a president who seems to be intelligent, articulate, and very concerned about people and I don't care what color he is." Last fall the Chatham County Health Department building was renamed in Fay’s honor for her tireless work in the community

Obama Inauguration Historic For Whites, Too.

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