plays a role. we gathered honest conversation about race and history of that. the progress that we have made, but we also have not talked the way wealth was destroyed in communities. that is created and when you talk about cities like atlanta and others, it is not just the segregation, it is the poverty that goes along with it. that isirement necessary to impact those poverty neighborhoods requires a great deal of of the resources. we have to have those conversations to understand that it is more than just segregation . it is how we deal with the issues of poverty. least 80%obably at 80%-90% on free and reduced lunch. that has an impact on their

ability to learn and be motivated to learn. and other competing issues. to what communities that majorhave seen sectors need to come together and focus on key issues and do that over a sustained time and make sure equity is an adequate part of the discussion. if you bring public-private partnerships, basing to be effective and impactful. when you look at the sectors, whether corporate or private, government sector engages well with that. and institutions as well. they sustain themselves for a long time. intersectionthis between these various sectors can really create opportunity for people in those communities. we have seen that happen.

now tiedam and atlanta to the new falcons stadiums. it is bringing together a lot of the sectors together. trying to make a transformational impact. we can invest in over $1 billion in building a new stadium tickets are 22 a lot more to help the community adjacent to that. -- and we can do a lot more to help the community adjacent to that. let me drill down a little bit more on her that, one of the points that you make is that we actually have to drill down, we start when people are young and that we figure out how to engage them at an early stage to bring workforce and the

into an adult economy. we have seen this and john has highlighted a lot of the work on the president's advisory council. how we foster financial inclusion from a young age, that is something we believe is a challenge that still has a lot of work to be focused on. consequences argued because young people are making decisions about higher education and making decisions at an early age about how they're going to plan for their retirement. any parent in the room struggles with this idea of how to actually engage children and young point and what that right point of time and how best to do it in a way that starts to

of financialabits inclusion. >> two examples that john mentioned. we have a program with entrepreneurs. it is an initiative that we target ninth and 10th graders. it is a for your business elective course that we fund in addition with the public school system. they confirmed back the curriculum matches. that, weram allows for bring each student working on the economic way of thinking and learning the understanding of financial literacy and also how to become an entrepreneur and the potential to become a entrepreneur. we teach them all those fundamentals. whether they choose to go into a business or whether they go to work for one, they go with the

mindset of thinking like that and they can take on a job or position it can like an owner as opposed to just going in as an employee. ,ne of the things we try to do one element of the program is we have market day. midway through the curriculum, we will give the kid's five dollars each and they get to use those resources and got to the market and determine where the sellct service is to through the school and they find oute funds and what they will need to do to make a profit. what do they learn in the process if they don't make a profit and we seek kids being very entrepreneur. they see how to make midmarket of -- adjustments. at the end of the process, they

have to pay back the money and they get to keep whatever the profit is. we found that the students really resonate to that and it to all students be oftentimes we see that the marginal students are more likely to drop out and they also take the altra newer skill sets and apply them in appropriate ways. sets andreneur skill apply them in appropriate ways. hopefully enticing them in the process they will remain in school and have the drive to graduate which is another issue we have with high dropout rates. mentoring our program, one of our place we have the dollars intense competition. -- they have to do

and they have to tell the person what the recommendation they have and give them a product from -- they may have to determine the money needed to buy the car and pay for the education and they have to bring investment recommendations. these competitions take place around the country and they culminate in a national conference with the top 20 teams competing. they can get money for scholarships and money to invest. that is something we have been doing. making sure they start to get the early part of the financial literacy. that is part of the economic development that we use. a big part of this is providing exposure for kids. a lot of these kids have not had

the opportunity to really understand these things. when we given that exposure, we are releasing how they resonate. part apartment and program says that what they see is what they will be. oftry to provide that level role modeling. a big role for mentorship. soundograms themselves promising. is this scalable? is what really talking about in terms of the mentorship, the heavy one-on-one focus as well withe instrumentation attributes, is this something that we could see as a broader based solution to some of our challenges? >> i think mentorship is an

important part of that. role models for the sugar folks. an important part of what we believe in strongly. it at the try to do top level because we think the tone starts at the top and leadership matters. reynolds was a partner in now devoid, -- deloitte, we bring in latino directors. a fantastic role model for all of us. the idea is to remind people of color that when you get into corporate boardrooms, you have is possible to fight for inclusion when you are there. and to make sure that your organization is spending philanthropic dollars on the kind of issues that we talk about today in supporting those institutions that need the support, not just the opera or

things that have all the glitz but to support his agency that matter. you also have to make sure those andanies on the board -- giving them real opportunities. we need access to customers. time, ifamples all the you support a substitution -- they not only off the job, they are highlighting the successes of minority business people. by the way, they put it out that silicon valley is not have very many advocate americans on the board and all of a sudden, a couple years later, there are people of color on apple's board and hp's board. it is important for us to educate our leaders to fight for these issues to do the right thing to have inclusion everywhere and have people have

an opportunity to succeed in every aspect of american life. proud of some of the research and studies that have been done that there are 9 million youth today who feel they don't have somebody they can go to. this is why the mentorship is so important as part of the effort because the research has shown that with the mentor program, whether it is one-on-one or peer to peer mentoring, they could to participate learn more, earn more, less likely to get involved in negative activities and more likely to graduate. there has been some real data around that aspect that i think would help. the -- 65% more

likely to graduate than those not involved. 130% more likely to lead an initiative or effort and 81% more likely to actually participate in sports or some other extracurricular activity. involvedlikely to get with volunteer work. it makes a big difference in impact on students. there is a demanding need out there. when you talk to this kids, they will tell you. they are looking for someone who can help. they may now have a leadership role. instances, one example, one young lady, when we adopted the first class of ninth-grade, we asked the question, what you want to be when you grow up? the highest aspiration was to be

executive secretary. that was as far as anyone in the class could see. andr this mentoring program they graduated, she went on to that only graduate but that class went on to graduate at a rate higher than the district. a rate higher than the southeast and the nation. to those high school and went to syracuse university and studied abroad and today she is a city councilwoman in connecticut. her of --ure helped give her an example of where to go. she is just one example. the involvement of an adult who tells a person that i believe in you and i care about what you are doing and i care about your attention and believe it. >> i wonder whether this

emphasis on mentorship, fixed it within any of the data points you look at? >> it is borne out in the data. when people think about improving education in the united states, there's a lot of focus on the dollars that we draw the problem. i think that is probably not the right way to look at it. it is how you spend the money that is extremely important. the u.s. actually spends more per student in terms of dollars in many other countries like sweden or finland that appear to have much better educational outcomes. the issues are more related to things like mentorship or teachers or the way in which schools are set up that have important consequences. for example, in the u.s., one of the struggles we have in the public schools is to keep teachers in the classroom because oftentimes those highly

successful teachers can have very attractive careers and get paid much more and have more stability in other professions. working hard to keep teachers who serve as critical mentors, one possible set of mentors is extremely important. exactly as we, were hearing from curley, the were exposedpeople to in childhood have a dramatic influence on your career prospects. we had done a study of where inventors in america come from looking at people who have patents and we see that if you happen to have grown up in an grown-ups whot of are innovative, who are much more likely to innovation yourself. the way that you can see that mentorship seems like a pathway is that the exact fields that you going to is very closely influenced by where you grow.

if we take two kids who are in boston and wonder about in silicon valley -- one girl up silicon -- grew up in valley and the other in minneapolis which has medical devices, the child in minneapolis will have a patent in medical devices when they adult and inall -- silicon valley, computers. there are precise the terms that pathways that people follow. it also speaks to some scalability issues because it shows that at the national level, the pathways that people are choosing art influenced by who they are exposed to. are influenced by who they are exposed to. the data that shows that children do just as well as -- black kids do just as well as grade art in third

10-40 times less likely to become mentors and have patents than white kids with comparable ability. mechanism youthe have a big gap in innovation is precisely because of exposure. what are the internships? role models? connections? when looked at from that perspective, these issues of opportunity that connect to the broader picture, it is not nearly about giving kids of color better opportunities and they can succeed which we think is important, but even for the rest of us, that might be the next person who develops an important blockbuster drug or something you're missing out on because we don't have the right set of mentors because we don't have the right system.

we were fortunate in atlanta to have as one of our members, the inventor of the super sucker. -- soaker. has several hundred patents himself. organization, the he took it out and created a robotics program. there and heids has been working with those kids and got them involved in those competitions. and then went to the first robotics and they won first place in the category. students who had never been exposed. not only has that worked to the skill building, it is now a program we have replicated. more chapters are picking up on the robotics as part of the

effort. we did have -- >> i believe in all the things we have talked about. i would hope that it does not give the large financial institutions, banks, insurance companies, the big fortune 100 companies and excuse to not do their part. to hire people of color, give them career paths to get to the top levels, become role models. knowsure the institutions to hire them. it is coupled mentor. if we believe in a model of strong mentorship, gifted but people of color and those physicians -- positions. >> if you look at the private , he don't see

people of color as executives let alone partners in the vast majority of these institutions. your critically right. truly -- we create the philanthropy for our own communities made a difference in our own communities. that is a critically important and that gets lost in the moment of folks who say we will do the education piece but not think any of us are good enough to work with them they after day to give a real opportunity to work with businesses at the same time. we have to create more of that possibility and mindset of the money managers. i see it every day in the corporate perspective where if you bring a proposal and create division, the whole issue of efficiency and the fact that --

we have to create the same kind of opportunities for communities of color and workers. companies take experience all the time -- instrument -- experiments all the time. with a challenge these organizations to do that. organization when we had some very successful programs that we had to hold an endowment to fund scholarships, we challenged the banks in our community to say, we have been putting these funds in here but now we need to create our own rnc. we want you to bid for this. we had enough money to entice the banks to come after us. as part of that, we got several offers for private banking services. become --an option to

offered any private banking services until this came out. that helped save a lot of money. options that the broader community had were not available to them in the same context. if we had not taken that initiative, this kind of opportunities would not have gone to our membership. that is a big part of how we create wealth. we often don't get the same opportunities >> that is an excellent example of why diversity is not at odds with the maximization of shareholder value. i argued that they are absolutely come from entry. you need to diversity and diversity of thought bringing new ideas into the boardroom, into the senior executive suite

so that you are creating opportunities for marshall helder's -- shareholder value. these are a critical mechanism for bringing in new ideas, unlocking new potential wealth. to not think of these at odds. you talk about the spirit, it may not work, it might be not a good use of corporate funds. i think the example you have given is an example where value is added by virtue of the fact that they were people of color in the right place at the right time making the argument in a compelling way to try something new. >> a couple quick examples, on brownsilon board, eddie been around for over 30 years, a top performer two of the last

three years, mutual fund manager of the year. people some work to get to think about getting people of color in this management position. he is done in a further job. -- and extort our job. -- extraordinary job. for example, baseball became a better place when jackie robinson started to play. show that they could help the team win and more african americans played. the talent is out there. he was a state senator, he fought hard to make sure that people were included in everything because he knew they had diverse talent. diversity of thought at the same time. goes together for a winning strategy.

>> i apply this to the basic role of how we engage in the treasury department. one thing we have struggled to do and to do well is come up prescriptions to some of our hardest problems that actually require people around the table who have something to offer him from diverse perspectives. lose out if we don't have diversity in terms of bringing analytical andt experiential forces necessary to make a decision. from the boardroom to the where we need this diversity. we got into this discussion because it is related to the mentorship piece. creekmore mentors and the mentorship piece a piece of what

started the conversation as having to do with the important factors that are at play that are necessary for thinking about how we bring about greater aclusiveness and participation into the vehicles of opportunity. that i wantvehicles to close with and get a sense from each of you as to what you think we can be doing better but that the private sector level and at the government level to be enhancing those opportunities to access the tools that provide opportunity that are the .obility factors for our people >> there are a number of policy areas we can focus on once we

recognize that community and a set of factors really seem to matter for opportunity. one example, housing policy. spent about $45 billion in the affordable housing programs. housing vouchers, affordable housing, provision by the government. when we are thinking about those policies, and his extended -- extremely important think about -- it matters for long-term success areas are children. emphasized poverty in atlanta, these communities of concentrated poverty of the places where we are seeing the least opportunity. at the practical level, what might you do? section eight housing voucher program, 80% of people who have those vouchers are poverty, low high

opportunity areas. working to develop a set of pilot programs that tank that number so that people can find affordable areas that deliver much better opportunities for their kids. using the same system stays in from the government. you increase integration and improve outcome without greater expense. opportunity bargain that can be achieved. that is one example of a simple change that does not require additional expenditure, figuring out how to get families better information in areas that will provide better opportunities. another example, the big tax credit in the u.s. for long-term housing. credit to build affordable housing.

the way it works is that developers get larger credits to build in areas with lower levels of income. what that entity is that it becauses segregation rather than having more formal housing and mixed income areas, you have additional affordable housing in what are already high poverty areas. your further segregating communities by income going in the opposite direction. thinking about some changes in the housing policy context can be quite valuable. i think there is a changes in the context of school trying to make our ability to retain and pay themchers higher salaries and make them want to stay in the public school system. that can make a big difference. there are certainly try to schools that have been shown to be extremely effective in

producing outcomes for kids. picking out what they're doing it has fortinet to the school system or scaling the schools of another area. thinking specifically about these areas in concrete ways and long-term outcomes offers a lot of opportunity. on the education piece, i think the private sector is a big deal in helping with the improving outcomes of the educational system. we started back in the mid 90's, we took a school in atlanta doing initial testing, only 24% of those kids were meeting standards. over that tenure investment, we employees who200 agreed to go to that school everyday and tutor the kids.

third and fourth grade level. the school system provided the buses and got them to the school and brought them back. after five years, they went from 24% to 70% and now does consistently in the high 90's. this can make a big difference. particularly for youth try to benefits for the future. can grow the products as opposed to just exporting them. grow them as we have a community. , the privatecale sector can learn from what government has done. i can the days when they started the initiative, been able to

create a lot more women and minority -- the private sector has much more possibility in their ability to make dispositions. i think adopting this mentor smallms with other business organizations will give them a chance to grow. i understand the global economy is dependent, at the same time we can do more than what we have been doing. i think the private sector can learn from that respect. things started with 15 -- the same earlier, the -- in chicago, we used to have academic and owned businesses that were anchor institutions. companies like johnson products that have character -- hair care products. first public we traded african american business.

over 500did they have employees on the south side, mr. dawson port with law firms my cutting firms come up like , he startedagency an independent bank that help to give loans to local communities and civil rights leaders like dr. king. he even started so train -- soul train it advertised -- and advertised. made a difference in the communities where they could hire people have exponential benefits of a strong increase in institution making a difference. a closing,, speaking of dr. king quotevesting, he had this that i keep in my phone, 1967,

he said, i cannot see how the new growth would be totally liberated from the crushing waves of poor education, squalid housing, and economic strength struggle until we have integrated with power into every level of american life. that is the theme i've been thinking is so important. we integrate from every aspect of american life and make a difference and committee of colors. colorthe communities of we care so deeply about. [applause] >> those are eloquent words. i want to thank the panelists for the important and precise perceptions that you have shared with us. i think that the challenge of bringing about a more inclusive growth is going to depend

critically on our being able to unlock these opportunities that have begun to be unlocked but still require significant attention, significant work by both the private sector and the government as well. we are aided by a significant research which drives us in moving forward and we are inspired by the work that has been done and the work that lies ahead. let me think the audience also for listening to this panel. and i want to thank the panelists for the time and insight. [applause] >> the smithsonian national museum about the american history and culture opens its doors to the public for the first time saturday and c-span will be live from the national mall starting at 10 a clock a.m.

eastern for the outdoor dedication ceremony. president obama and lonnie bunch. watch the opening ceremony at saturday onn c-span. watch anytime on c-span.org and listen live on the c-span radio app. leading up to the debates between hillary clinton and donald trump, we will look at past presidential debate saturdays on c-span at 8:00. saturday, nine to 76 debate between gerald ford and jimmy carter. 1916 -- 1976 debate between the report and jimmy carter. 500 thousand americans out of jobs today that were out of work through months ago.

since he has been in office for two years, we had a 50% increase in unemployment. >> the 1980 debate between ronald reagan and president jimmy carter. towhen i made my decision stop all trade with iran, as a result of the taking of our hostages, announced then and that in maintaining since that if the hostages are released safely, we would make delivery on those items which iran owns. we had adequate warning that there was a threat to our embassy in we could have done what other embassies did, either strengthen security or remove our personnel. and at the 2000 presidential debate between george w. bush and al gore. >> i will balance the budget every year. i will pay down the national debt. i will put medicare and social security in a lockbox and

protect. >> i will take one half of the surplus and dedicated to social security. one quarter for important projects and one quarter of the surplus back to people who pay the bills. >> watch past presidential debates saturday night on c-span at 8:00. listen on the c-span radio app. when lawmakers return to capitol hill, they will have another item on the agenda. overwriting it be to of 9/11 legislation. we spoke to capitol hill reporter earlier for more details. president obama has vetoed a bill allowing families of 9/11 victims to sue saudi arabia. off, go over the measure briefly. what would it have been? >> it allows victims of terror attacks that happen on u.s. soil

to hold government liability if they are found to be responsible. allows short play, that victims and family members of the september 11, 2001 attack to sue the government of saudi arabia for any alleged role in the attack. the legislation does not name saudi arabia. it is not targeted specifically. that is basically what this bike has been about because they are clearly been the major focus. house says the white it is opposed to the measure? >> listening of reasons. and the last several months over why the president opposes the bill. in short, the beta message that the president gave to congress, a lots of it has to do with the fact that they believe u.s. officials, whether our military or diplomatic or other government officials, they faced similar retaliation. that is one of the big concerns.

they say that they are attracting private litigation and court into a domain that should be left for national security experts and the administration that is designating a state sponsor of terror. we will see if that resonates with congress. the is the meat of objection. >> who agrees with this measure? whether congress or on the campaign trail? popular a wildly bill. it passed both the house and senate unanimously. >> this is a wildly popular bill. it passed but the house and senate unanimously. there was never a recorded vote. it was always both in the house and senate. a handful of people have placed some concerns about the bill as was working its way through congress. speaker ryan said he had some concerns earlier.

it was overweight by the popularity of the bill. schumersenator chuck from new york and and senator john cornyn from texas, powerful senators and their parties and the force of the 9/11 families that have been influential and powerful here. basically have all 535 people saying they support this. whether that translates into aght -- a unanimous override veto is yet to be seen. >> possible lyrical fallout if this comes back and congress decides they will override this, socially members facing elections? >> this has not been an election issue. a lot of republicans running for reelection, i don't think they would have an issue of being -- of writing this. it is a popular legislation

among almost all corners of congress. concerners have shown in the senate like dianne ,einstein and lindsey graham they have said they are concerned with the implications but none of them are up for reelection. is broader political issue that congress is spending -- send it to president obama -- this will be the first veto override and president obama's eight years as president. i believe he has issued 12 because. vetoes. >> what happens next as far as congress? >> right now, they are confident they will be able to override this. chuck schumer said as much in

his statement in reaction to the veto today. what happens next is that the legislation, the senate will take up the override vote first. the legislation written by senators cornyn and humor originated in that chamber. -- schumer originated and that chamber. -- in that chamber. they could do the boat this coming week or maybe next week. they have a continuing resolution they need to do. back they will come week after that. the schedule is unclear. 67%ong as it gets more than -- 67 votes to sustain an override, then it goes to the of the houseders have indicated they believein override being successful. >> on the 9/11 lawsuit bill

being treated. you can follow her and correcting applico.com. thank you so much.

[applause] >> i've never got a chance to say this, welcome to the white house. [applause] i want to thank president and mrs. obama for having us here at the white house to celebrate what i think is something that we will all remember. the chance to finally create on the national mall a museum that will help us all remember the rich history of the african-american community and i want to thank all of you because you've given a gift to america. i want to thank you for the support. [applause]

>> welcome, everybody. [cheers] this is an exceptionally good-looking group. there are just so many friends here that it feels like one of our house parties. [laughter] there is no dancing this afternoon. we are here just to acknowledge what the next ordinary achievement has been a conflict -- accomplished by mr. lonnie bunch. [applause] and everybody who helped make this day possible. i want to talk about lonnie for a second. when he first came here from chicago to start -- [laughter] to start working on this museum

and decade ago, he cannot find somebody to give him a key to his office. [laughter] nobody had heard of this museum. now you cannot miss it. the breathtaking new building right in the heart of the national mall. that is what we call progress. it could not have been done without the persistence, the wisdom, the dedication, the savvy, the ability to make people feel guilty -- [laughter] the begging, dealmaking, and the general streetsmarts of lonnie. and his entire team. give him a big round of applause. [cheers]

of course, this is also about more than lonnie. this is about people who for more than a century advocated and organized and raised funds and donated artifacts so that the story of the african-american experience could take its rightful place in our national memory. a story that is full of tragedy and setbacks but also great joy and great victories. it is a story that is not just part of the past, but it is alive and well today. that is true today in this house.

a house that was built by slaves. i cannot name everybody that is here. i'm going to have to give you a taste. this room is like a living museum of its own. madame tucson would be very jealous. [laughter] we have icons of the entertainment industry likely to jones. -- quincy jones and dick gregory. we have the first black woman in space. [cheers] and we have the woman who owns the universe, over winter -- oprah winfrey. [cheers] we have those drum majors for justice like john lewis and andrew young. [cheers]

and jesse jackson. we have the next generation of warriors for justice. and we have personal heroes of mine like harry belafonte. [cheers] who still is the best looking man in the room at 92. i'm just telling the truth. [laughter] this is the next ordinary group. -- extraordinary group. the thing about this museum is it is more about -- it is more than just telling stories. it is not just about the icons. there is plenty of space for harriet tubman, dr. king and mohammed ali. what makes the museum so

powerful and visceral is that it is the story of all of us. the folks whose names he never heard of. his contributions -- whose contributions day after day, decade after decade, combined to push us forward and entire nation forward. the maids who decided i'm tired of segregation and am going to walk for my freedom. it's porters who not only works tirelessly to support their families, but ultimately helped bring about the organization that led to better working conditions for all americans here in the united states. it is about moms and grandparents and uncles and aunts who just did the right thing.

and raised great families. despite assaults on the dignity of every single day. you see it in the dignity of the artifacts in the museum. the dignity of enslaved families, what must have been like to live in a tiny cabin. the slaves who dared to marry even though was illegal for them to do so. folks were forced to sit in the back of a train and went about their business anyway. and tried to instill in their children that this is not who we are. there's going to be more someday. you see it in the men and women who rushed to the war front to secure all of our freedom understanding that when they came home they might not yet be free. the students who walk past angry

crowds to integrate our schools. the families hiding -- humbling -- huddling around the bible. the quiet, determined dignity and hope. everybody here has somebody in mind when we think of those kinds of folks who could not make it to this room but who stories are our stories. who stories are represented at this busy. it might be an ancestor to rank your freedom or aunt and uncle who pushed back against jim crow. or sat in or light be shown people organizing against cynicism today. the point is, all of us cannot forget that the only reason we are here is because somebody

somewhere stood up for us. stood up when it was risky so that when it was not popular -- somehow standing up together managed to change the world. the timing of this is fascinating. [applause] [cheers] in some anyways, it is the best of times. in many ways, these are also troubled times. history does not always move in a straight line. without vigilance, we can go backwards as well as forwards. part of the reason that i'm so happy that the museum's opening

this weekend is because it allows all of us as americans to put our current circumstances in a historical context. my hope is that as people are seeing what happened in tulsa or charlotte on television and perhaps are less familiar with the history of the african-american experience but also how recent some of these challenges have been upon visiting a museum, may step back and say, i understand. i sympathize. i empathize. i can see why folks might feel

angry and i want to be part of the solution as opposed to resisting change. my hope is that black folks watching the same images on television and then seeing the history represented at this museum can say to themselves the struggles we are going through today are connected to the past and yet, a look that progress we have made tells me that i cannot and will not sink into despair. if we join hands and if we do things right, if we maintain our dignity and we continue to appeal to the better angels of this nation, progress will be made. [cheers]

[applause] i was by showing -- telling michelle, 10 letters a day from constituents and it is a great way for me to keep a pulse on how folks other than the pundits on cable tv are thinking. [laughter] it is a representative group because sometimes people say, we love you and we especially love michelle. [laughter] and you are doing such a great job. thank you. and then there are others who write and say, mr. president, you are an idiot. you've ruined the country. so i know i'm getting a real sampling. [laughter]

last night as i was reading through the letters, i would say about half of them said, mr. president, why do you always -- are you always against police? why are you not doing enough to deal with these rioters? the other half were lactose, while you not doing something about the police -- black folks, why are you not been something about the police? when are we going to get justice? i understand the nature of that argument because this is the dialogue we been having for 400 years.

and the fact of the matter is that one of the challenges we have in generating a constructive discussion about how to solve these problems is because what people see on television and what they hear on the radio is bereft of context and ignores history. people are just responding as if none of what is represented in this museum happened. that is true for all of us. not just some of us. when i imagine children, white, black, latino, asians, wandering through the museum, sitting at the lunch counter, imagining

what it would be like to stand on the auction block, and also looking at shaquille o'neal's shoes. [laughter] and chuck berry's red x. -- x -- cadillac. my hope is that this complicated, difficult, sometimes harrowing -- i believe, ultimately, triumphant story will help us talk to each other. more important, listen to each other.