Edmund Pettis Bridge

It is very sad and disappointing to me that African Americans had to fight just to get a right that should be equally distributed to everyone. I cannot understand why the right to vote would have been held back from a group of people just because of their skin color. To me, that has nothing to do with people's judgment of choosing a sufficient leader. I know many people that aren't white who have better judgment skills than some white other white people. I also know a lot of non- white people who are smarter than white people around them.
In my opinion we have come very far. Bit there are still racist elements in politics. It is almost unbelievable that we didn't have an African- American president until 2008. The rights of African Americans should have been fair from the beginning. It is a good thing that he is president but, in my opinion we should have had presidents of different races for a long time.