That red headband, though. Wow, that was cool. Everything about her was amazing, but I just loved that thing.

Anybody here old enough to remember Maya Angelou's poetry reading? It was at Clinton's inaugural. I hope the record of achievement for Black and minority empowerment is better this time around than it was after that 1993 reading.

It seems we make stutter steps towards progress, then the backlash comes with appalling vengeance.

Fighting that backlash is on the top of my bucket list as I near the finish line of life, whether that finish line is 1 or 30 more years away.