106 Year Old Honored By Obama 'Ain't got time to die'

Ellie Bittourna: After mentioned in Obama's victory speech, Ann Nixon Cooper, a 106 year old former socialite from Atlanta, Georgia, has been overwhelmed with sudden acknowledgement all throughout the country. After Obama was notified that a 106-year old African American woman was voting in Atlanta, he called her almost immediately. A few weeks later, someone from the Obama campaign told her that she was going to be mentioned in the speech if he won. Ann Nixon Cooper said in the article, "Things are changing, changing, changing, and I look for more change now that it's the first black president in victory of faith over fear. Don't you know, that's quite something to be proud of." Cooper, who's home was previously full of people who attended her parties and just for people to stop by and chat for the afternoon. Ann Nixon Cooper knew Martin Luther King Jr. as a young child and was very good friends with his mother. Along with the singer Nat King Cole, another famous person who often visited was Spike Lee, who, before he became famous, stopped by her house and shared with her of his dreams of becoming a filmmaker. Ann Nixon Cooper has seen generations pass since her birth in 1902 and has grandchildren, great grandchild, and even great-great grandchildren. At her old age, she is as youthful as ever. "I ain't got time to die 'cause I've got to see a black president," she said, with excitement. "I've got to see that."