Barack Obama’s Tough Love: Examining His Speeches to the Black Community and the Democratic Party’s Challenges.
(ThyBlackMan.com) Back in 2011, then-President Barack Obama delivered a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus, which had become increasingly critical of him in his second term. In particular, the CBC was urging the president to do more for African Americans, whose unemployment level stood at nearly 17%. At the end of his speech, Obama said the following: “I expect all of you to march with me and press on. Take […]