So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.

Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried.

There's so much in American history that has been hidden and shunned.

Most of the best music in American history was made by people with no options.

Black history is American history.

What people forget is that the most radical thing about Obama is that he was the first black man in history to imagine that he could become president, who was able to make other Americans believe it as well. Other than that, he is a centrist, just like I try to be. He's been bridging divisions his whole life.