On the recordJanuary 31, 2010
Let us add our own chapter, full of progress and ambition, so that our children's children will know that we, too, did our part to erase an unjust past and build a brighter future.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBarack Obama: “Let us add our own chapter, full of progress and ambition, so that our children's children will know that we, too, did…”
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Proclamation 8476—National African American History Month
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