ARI SHAPIRO, host: This is Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Ari Shapiro. Steve Inskeep is on assignment.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: And I'm Renee Montagne.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: After a long campaign season, this chant is now familiar, "Yes, we can." Only this time it didn't come from a rally for Barack Obama. It was the sound of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. Yesterday morning, many African-Americans gathered in churches across the country to celebrate the president-elect. Sheila Boston(ph) was among those attending the service in Harlem.</s>Ms. SHIELA BOSTON: There was exhilaration. There was jubilance. There was joy. This is a historic moment. This is a historic church. So there's a definite connection. And just being African-American people, we couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Many African Americans who gathered in churches across the country Sunday to worship also gave thanks for the election of Barack Obama.