| Ann Nixon Cooper,
106 years old, has seen presidents come and go in her lifetime and has
outlived most of them. On a sunny fall morning, she left her weathered
but well-kept Tudor home in Atlanta, Georgia, to vote early - this time
for Barack Obama. Ann Nixon Cooper was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee on January 9, 1902. Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, lived during a time when blacks and women did not have the right to vote. The African-American centenarian remembers a time not long ago when she was barred from voting because of her race. Now she hopes to see the day that Barack Obama is elected as the nation's first black president. |
| Ann Nixon Cooper came to international attention after President-elect Barack Obama
mentioned her and compared various stages of her life to the present
day, the 4th of November 2008, during his acceptance speech at a rally
in Chicago, following his victory in the United States presidential
election, 2008.
He mentioned her during the "Yes we can" section of the speech.
"I ain't got time to die," Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, said with a smile. |