Morado: In Other Words Purple

This is the fifteen year old Taylor here. On January 20, 2009, one of the biggest ceremonies in history took place, the inauguration for Barack Obama. As I was awaken at 5 A.M. I was not that excited about this event and the weather did not help to make this feeling change. After my mom and I were ready, we made our way through traffic and anxious people who all wanted to see the same thing. We were given tickets to this event by Senator Jeff Sessions. My mother and I, along with others were given colored tickets which notified you of your place to sit or for some, where you would stand. After looking at our ticket we began to make our way to the purple section with many others. While waiting there, a group of women were singing songs that reminded me of old Negro spirituals like “Lean on Me.” Hours passed, the songs died out, and toasty toes were no longer working. For some reason the line for purple was still not moving. Looking for some inspiration for me to try and stick it out in the cold, I quickly pulled out my iPod and listened to “My President is Black” by Young Jeezy. After the song was over I could tell people were beginning to get tired of being in this line but the thought of Barack Obama’s victory kept most at peace. Unfortunately my feet did not get the memo so we quickly left the line in hope of making it to a television to be able to see inauguration…which we did! At the Bradley Arant office people talked, ate, and cried as we all experienced that moving moment when Barack accepted his duties as the President of the United States. Soon after this they announced on the news that there were complications with the purple line. Twenty thousand people were not able to get into the ceremony and missed the whole thing to waiting in line. I guess we can thank my feet for telling us something was up with purple!