Obama says racial barriers persist despite strides
President Obama told a Bing hamton University audience that the United States has made enormous strides in race relations since the 1963 March on Washington, but institutional barriers for African Americans and other minorities remain. He framed solutions around early education expansion and making college more affordable, while noting ongoing poverty and segregation’s lingering effects.
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