But in the African and African American tradition, stories are fitted to an occasion. You have stories for holidays and for weddings and for horrible events.

I got Maxwell just before we moved to Los Angeles,

Excuse me. We don't want to interrupt, but we want to thank the African-American Student Affairs group for putting this on. We wouldn't have this if it weren't for you.

Quite literally, we don't want our first African-American president and coach to be our last.

What struck me is when I found out there's a shortage for African-American blood types,

It's sad that on the eve of the selection of the first African American presiding officer, that this has to happen.