Barack Obama: “I have approved the Amendment and authorized its execution and urge that the Congress give it favorable consideration.”

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.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

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

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.