Is President Obama’s Message To Black America Different From The Rest Of America?

President Obama delivers the commencement address during a ceremony at Morehouse College on Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia.May 23, 2013 – Segment 3

We analyze President Obama’s messages to Black America, looking at his recent commencement speeches.

Kai Wright, editorial director of Colorlines.com and a reporting fellow of the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute; Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Assistant Professor of American Studies at UMBC and author of Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities; and Keith Snipes, actor and writer, join us.

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Written by Marc Steiner

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