(CNN) -- Barack Obama didn't run to be the next Martin Luther King Jr., just the next president.Currently Feeling: Super nervous and anxious for my boyfriend.
But Tuesday, in that small window of time before he takes on two wars and a crippling economic crisis, thousands will look to Obama as the unofficial guardian of a legacy of justice and equality.
Many of you had the chance to watch King's monumental words once again in their entirety Monday [here] on CNN.
His dream and his life's work resonate now more than ever. Certainly, they resonate with the president-elect, who summoned King's words Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial.
Obama: "Directly in front of us is a pool that still reflects the dream of a King and the glory of a people who marched and bled so that their children might be judged by the character's content."
In his day, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was called a great black leader. Then, in time, as the approved language changed, a great African-American leader.
It's obvious now, all these decades later, that the adjectives and the hyphen kept us from seeing a more fundamental truth: What's finally clear on this day we honor him, which falls on the eve of the inauguration of Barack Obama, is that Martin Luther King Jr was a great American leader, period. No qualifying adjectives or hyphen about it.
A fundamental part of King's legacy is that his struggle allowed Barack Obama to emerge as a leader, too. No adjectives. No hyphens. Just the president.
Currently Anticipating: Free make-up at Nordstrom's this morning - I'm heading there when it opens! (The benefit of working downtown).
Currently Loving: Pairing chocolate brown and black together - feels so chic, yet I used to think it was a total taboo. Man, have I grown.
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