melba and others.>> in 1998, toni morrison the legendary rioter remarked that he was the first black president. she said and i quote, after all clinton displays almost every truth of blackness, single parent households, born poor, working- class, saxophone playing, mcdonald's and junk food loving boy from arkansas, unquote. >> the term bill clinton is the first black president of the united states, what are your thoughts? >> it is absurd, first of all. i really don't understand. but when you look at his record, outside of naming blacks to positions, i don't see some of the not so well-known things, of course. they would reveal that he did some rather unsavory things to the black community nationally. >> about 50 years and 29 days ago, when rosa parks refuse to give up her seat to a white man in the south, where segregation extended even to the close confines of the city bus, she was just taking the next step on her own long road to freedom. >> okay. i am going to keep my closing comments for debrief. but there are a few things i wanted to point out about the clips we just saw. the fi