thank you very much. throughout our history, our country has been made ever greater by citizens who risked it all for equality and for justice. 100 years ago this summer, the women's suffrage movement led congress to pass a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. [cheers and applause] in 1960, a thirst for justice led african-american students to sit down at the woolworth lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina, . it was one of the very first