Barack Obama actually said...

Overcoming today's challenges will require the same dedication and sense of urgency that enabled past generations of African Americans to rise above the injustices of their time.

Context

Proclamation 8476—National African American History Month

01/31/2010

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

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