There was a lot of feeling that with an African-American president, life on the South Side of Chicago would be radically different.

I did a lot of theater in the South side of Chicago.

I want to make sure we have elected people constantly looking at helping the African-American community.

The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor.

I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.

Obama is not an African American president, but a president of all Americans. It doesn't matter if you are black, white, Hispanic, he's the president of all races.