DENVER — As Barack Obama took the stage at Invesco Field on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Larry Wilson quietly said, “This is it, this is the night, this is the change. Thank you God. Thank you.”
Wilson, an African-American from Topeka, wasn’t speaking to anyone in particular. But a few moments later, he talked with a reporter about how he felt as he watched the first African-American presidential candidate from either major party accept the Democratic nomination.
He said he saw it as a victory not just for African Americans, but for Americans.
“Look around,” he said, gesturing to the crowd of 75,000 filling nearly every seat in the stadium where the Denver Broncos play their home games. “You see people of all colors and sizes. This is what America looks like.”