Obama Holiday

Obama Holiday
Perry County Commissioner Albert Turner Jr., left, and State Rep. Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro, wait to greet golfers at the Obama Day golf tournament in Marion, Ala., Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The rural, mostly black county has proclaimed Monday as an official holiday celebrating the election of the nation's first black president, Barack Obama. It's one of Alabama's poorest counties, but it's sparing little during five days of festivities. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)