My mother says she never thought in her life, she'd live to see this moment and there's no way that she will not make history by pulling that lever for progress what the American people have shown, not just black Americans, but this is for all Americans because none of us can do it alone.

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" Kilson concludes that I might do "well to revisit the folk essence of African-American institutions" before I again contemplate "an affront to Black people's honor.

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America will only be as strong in this new century as the opportunities that we provide you -- the opportunities that we provide to all our young people -- Latino, black, white, Asian, Native American, everybody.

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Makeba made a new home in the U.S. and settled into telling and singing the story of South Africa, reaching an American audience with her unique brand of music, laced with a social message about the suffering of black people back home.

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We understand America is not just what can be done for us, but what can be done by us, together, as one nation, as one people -- (applause) -- black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, abled, disabled, everybody coming together.

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