Admire Quote by Meek Mill

When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in…

— Willard Wigan

Regardless of what you feel about Obama and his politics - screw all that. The fact of the matter is, he was the first…

— Ed Dwight

The president who did the most for black Americans in 20th century history was Lyndon Johnson, and he got his hands dirty by dealing…

— Steve Inskeep

I have a lot of respect for President Obama, and while I deeply disagree with some of his actions or lack of action on…

— Alicia Garza

The small moments I've had to talk with President Obama, I've told him, 'I get it.' His presidency was in some ways almost overshadowed…

— Kenya Barris

The first black president will be a politician who is black.

— Douglas Wilder

The exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It's what he does - and who he has at the table.

— Danny Glover

President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second.

— John F. Kerry

I never thought my granny, somebody that was born down South, who witnessed America when it was segregated, would see, in her lifetime, an…

— Nipsey Hussle

I will never forget working in the White House for the first Black president.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have…

— Rodney King

The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He climbed the…

— Randall Kennedy