i want to really thank my daughter erica and my granddaughter jerica and my niece laurie who are here today. but also the women missouri women's group. if you could please just stand up. dianne johnson started this group. (applause) >> my aller jais. -- allergies. she worked tirelessly to get women and grandmothers, mothers, nieces, aunts, and even men are coming a lot to our functions. you know, i just want to charge you all with one really important thing. there's no song that goes no man is an island, no man stands alone. each man's joy is joy to me. each man's grief is my own. we need one another. so, i must defend each man as my brother and each man as my friend. we must take hold of each other's hand. we must take care of our children. this is black history month. but black history is everybody's history because civilization started in africa. (applause) >> so, we need to know from the beginning no matter what you believe in, there is only one beginning and there's only one race and that's the human race. everything else is culture. (applause) >> so, we've got to hold onto each