Pittsburgh on NPR - 12/4/2008

100-Year-Old Gears Up For Obama's Inauguration

And she's from Pittsburgh! I heard this story on my way home fomr work onmy local NPR station, WAMU. It just so happened to follow a story about the Detroit Lions' most historic losing season.

Lillian Allen of Pittsburgh was born before many blacks and all women could vote. She's worked for better equal rights her whole life and now she's headed to DC for the Inauguration of our country's first black president.

Enjoy the whole story here...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97770913&sc=emaf