Barack Obama: “I promise you this: From the minute you put on that uniform to the minute you take it off, and for all the days of your…”

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect."

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

The success of this experiment was never a given.