Barack Obama: “This month, we celebrate the Caribbean Americans whose legacies are woven into the fabric of our Nation.”

Never talks that way when they are in the same room.

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.

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.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.