Beloved community Quote by John Lewis

The promise of Obama's presidency, in many people's minds, is partly that America will move toward becoming a post-racial society. It's pretty clear, though,…

— Timothy Noah

Racial relations in this country are plummeting. Racial strife is rising. All the while, Obama is out there talking about unity and bringing us…

— Rush Limbaugh

Everyone who has a pair of eyes in this country understands the racial tensions and the issues we have are very serious and they're…

— Megan Rapinoe

I've stepped back a few times and had these crazy epiphanies that we are blessed by having Barack Obama as a candidate at this…

— Eddie Vedder

Clearly, I think that there have been racial problems in America for a long time. I still think that, particularly during the second half…

— Marty Walsh

I know that so many of us hoped that, by electing our first black president, we had turned the page on this chapter in…

— Hillary Clinton

There is no doubt that the issue of race is always present in American politics and in the politics of any multiracial society. There…

— Al Gore

Barack Obama being President of the United States doesn't mean racism has disappeared. It's all a process, and we have to be aware that…

— Misty Copeland

Forget the historic nature of his election having to do with skin color - Obama has an opportunity offered to few presidents: the chance…

— Chuck Todd

I think that having a black president in this country has been a seismic shift, in terms of what has been going on racially…

— David Oyelowo

The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.

— Naomi Wolf

I think that having a black president in America has been a seismic shift, in terms of what has been going on racially in…

— David Oyelowo