Barack obama Quote by Thomas Chatterton Williams

The greatest hope most Americans - including Republicans - had when Barack Obama was elected president was that the election of a black person…

— Dennis Prager

President Obama, when he was elected, he could have been a unifying figure. He could have chosen to be a leader on race relations…

— Ted Cruz

I think President [Barack] Obama deeply underestimated the force of white supremacy in American life.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and…

— Bobby Seale

“The irony of Barack Obama is this: He has become the most successful black politician in American history by avoiding the radioactive racial issues…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

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

“We are approaching a very historical event in the history of our nation, the United States of America. For the first time in our…

— Aladdin Elaasar

“Obama was born into a country where laws barring his very conception—let alone his ascendancy to the presidency—had long stood in force. A black…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I would argue further that Barack Obama's election to the presidency of the United States was essentially an American sophistication, a national exercise in…

— Shelby Steele

I don't think President Obama has been that revolutionary in reaching out to ethnic communities. President Reagan did a lot for the black community…

— Terrence Howard

The election of Barack Obama was a very wonderful step forward for America, which has unfortunately been tainted by the ugly reaction of some…

— Jimmy Carter

The evidence of our divided racial self was all over the Obama presidency from the beginning: from the shouts of 'you lie' from the…

— Joy Reid