Blog the Vote - Getting the Black Vote

Nowadays MLK Day goes unnoticed. To many its just another day off from school, or an opportunity to extend their weekend getaway. The man behind that day may be making a comeback, as his dream may become reality. As Presidential hopefuls have already begun making their speeches, the possibility of a black man becoming President is ever so great. It's only a matter of time until our nation breaks with it presidents. Black people are finding a closer bond with their identity as they see that it's possible for a man of color may make it into office. Rev. Jesse Jackson, once a candidate himself, backed a man he has high hopes for - Senator Barack Obama, in a speech he gave in Chicago blasting Confederate flags still hanging at the South Carolina legislature. The black vote is ever so important, and the crisis will come when many of the conservative blacks face the challenge of whether to vote for their beliefs or racial identity.