Denver nomination truly a moment in American history

THEY judged him not by the colour of his skin but on the eloquence of his message, the command in his voice and the content of his policy.

They listened to his vision on how to end the jangling discord in their nation and left in symphony with a united prayer and flaring fireworks.

Because on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s defining civil rights speech, groundbreaking presidential hopeful Barack Obama gave America a moment it yearned for.