Ten years ago Sunday, Americans elected a young senator from Illinois named Barack Obama to be the 44th president of the United States. The country’s first black president recalled the historic night of Nov. 4, 2008, in an Instagram post on the anniversary. “When more people get off the sidelines and decide to participate, our country becomes a little more representative of its people ― of everyone’s collective decision,” Obama wrote. I’m asking you to really show up once again. Change happens.”

Source: Huffington Post November 04, 2018 21:11 UTC