I am still amazed to write these words: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. But, that is the reality, 386 years since the first Africans landed at Jamestown, Va.; 142 years since the Emancipation Proclamation; 135 years since the 15th Amendment granting citizenship to blacks; 85 years since the 19th Amendment granting women’s suffrage; 41 years since the Civil Rights Act; and 40 years since the Voting Rights Act. In the month designated for honoring black history, Rice placed an impressive new entry in the record books. No sooner was she in office than the nation’s top diplomat – the first...