From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

The dreams and the realities of black Americans.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Barack Obama won 95% of the black vote in November, but African Americans are anything

but unanimous on what his election will mean. Today we'll talk to a public school principal

in Boston, a public relations executive, and two professors who've collected letters to

Michelle Obama. We'll hear from a reporter

who's covered civil rights for 40 years and from bloggers who come from a new and different

generation. What are their expectations about the Obama administration? Is Dr. King's dream

being fulfilled? Or is that wishful thinking? On reporter's notebook later on, a surprise Obama advisor and

confidant, John McCain. First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from

subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose

contributors include the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur

Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, dedicated to the idea that all people

deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. Information at GatesFoundation.org.

Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Poet. Asking for a commitment to public service, Barack

Obama called Dr. Martin Luther

King Jr. a doer, as well as a dreamer. We'll hear the diverse views of African Americans

on what tomorrow's inauguration will mean for them and the rest of the country. On reporter's

notebook, unprecedented cooperation between a winner and loser, as Barack Obama seeks advice

and counsel from John McCain.

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