The Congressional Black Caucus is deeply disappointed that the president's actions this week with respect to judicial nominations fail to live up to those healing words,

It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.

African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases.

The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.

By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.

Normally, my first impression would have been this is not good. But I've come around.