Wednesday, November 5, 2008
News Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Obama celebration photos
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 8:01 AM
Less than an hour after Pres.-elect Barack Obama's victory speech in Chicago's Grant Park, more than 300 people gathered early Wednesday morning at the intersection of Jackson and Auburn Avenue outside the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church — the same house of worship where Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. preached and organized.
Chants of "Yes, We Did," drum circles and blaring car horns motivated the crowd of young and old and all races and ethnicities. There was even the electric slide.
I left at 1:45 a.m. and people were still going strong. Here are just a few of the photos. We'll post more tomorrow as well as snapshots and reports of the Georgia GOP party held in Buckhead.
Much more to come in the morning. Good night.
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