Obama speech marks unofficial countdown for Black Americans

By Errin Haines Whack
Wire Service Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – LaKeitha Carlos was at home in Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon and decided to check the flights to Chicago, just in case.
A last-minute ticket was only $194.
Carlos took a moment to reflect on how, eight years earlier, she had worked as an organizer in Atlanta to get Barack Obama elected president, marking her start in politics. The wife and mother only briefly considered her choice: Should she drop everything to see the pre