Barack Obama actually said...

As a leader with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Marion helped advance the cause of civil rights for all.

During his decades in elected office in DC, he put in place historic programs to lift working people out of poverty, expand opportunity, and...

I just want to every single day be making this government work a little bit better for ordinary folks.

Through a storied, at times tumultuous life and career, he earned the love and respect of countless Washingtonians.