>> i'm going to keep on marching for an even playing field for all of the american people. >> it was a decade of realignment. we had some wins. we had some losses but we redefined the collective culture of america. >> in one generation we have moved from denying a black man service at the lunch counter to being a serious contender for a presidency. >> it paved the way for change. in a way maybe no other one did since the '60s. >> we are part of a hybrid culture and we can't deny. that so in some ways, the more obvious bi-racial identity i have to affirm, african-americans also have to affirm. and white americans have to affirm. they partake in a hybrid culture. the truth of the matter is that american culture at this point, what is truly american is black culture to a large degree.