This event is not an African American event. This county, we're finally at a point where we can honor the dream.

The first step to living (King's dream) is that we can come together and honor it.

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.