Barack Obama: “We can choose hope over fear, and unity over division; the promise of change over the power of the status quo.”

It's a way to honor her trailblazing leadership, and inspire visitors to follow in her footsteps.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

I was a little tall for it.

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.