and vice president gave us this great hope. kept their promise by delivering, this is what america means to me. promises made, promised kept. it has been quite a journey for me from the darkness to the light. when i sat with my family on the night of terror, when emmett till was taken from us, taken to be tortured and brutally murdered, back then when i was overwhelmed with terror and fear of certain death in the darkness of a thousand midnights, in a pitch black house on what some have called blackness. i could never imagine a moment like this, standing in the light
murdered, back then, in the darkness of a thousand midnights, in a pitch black house on what some have called dark. back then in the darkness, i could never imagine a moment like this, standing in the light of wisdom. there s something amazing you feel when you meet president biden. like i did when he signed the emmett till antilynching bill into law. he welcomed me to this place with great power. i felt the power of his personal devotion, his devotion to justice, to equality, his commitment to keep ing a promis of america. this came from his heart, from his soul. god bless you, president biden, for all you have done and will do to preserve our history.