Barack Obama spoke to 240,000 supporters at Chicago’s Grant Park

Barack Obama spoke to an estimated 240,000 supporters at Chicago’s Grant Park, giving an historic victory speech after being named the first African-American president-elect of the United States.
"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America -- I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you -- we as a people will get there," a celebratory but sober Obama told the crowd.
Obama highlighted the historic nature of his win by telling the story of a 106-year-old African-American voter from Atlanta, Ann Nixon Cooper, who voted in the election after having lived through a time when she did not have the right to vote.