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Rev. Sharpton reflects on Obama's Selma speech quote carved onto presidential center

Rev. Al Sharpton reflects on the meaning of the quote carved onto the facade of the Obama Presidential Center. The quote is from former President Barack Obama's 2015 speech marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches. Rev. Sharpton — who marched with Obama then — says the quote challenges people to “be bigger than ourselves.”

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