we have shown how we can float like butterflies, sting like bees, we can rocket into space homemae jemison and still like jackie, stir the pot like we can beyor, and sick and tired of being sick and tired and still rocksteady like aretha franklin. large, what whitman told claiming multitudes. we are large. full of contradictions. that is america. makes us go. that is what makes us extraordinary. and as is true for america, so is true for the african-american experience. america.t a burden on or stain on america. or an object of pity or charity for america. we are america. [applause] museumt is what this explains. our stories have shaped every corner of our culture. the struggles for freedom that took place, made our constitution a real and living shaped andested and profoundand made more its meaning for all people. the story told here does not just belong to black america. americans.to all the african-american experience has been shaped just as much by europeans and agents and native americans and latinos. we have informed each other. we are polyglot. we are a stew. scripture promised that