article_snippet: Obama, the first black U.S. president, said discrimination by law enforcement officers in Ferguson, Missouri, showed a lot of work needed to be done on race in America, but President Barack Obama warned it was wrong to suggest that progress had not been made. '
article_snippet: The anniversary comes at a time of renewed focus on racial disparities in the United States, including discrimination from police against black citizens nationwide.
article_snippet: President Barack Obama condemned the city of Ferguson on Friday for 'oppressive and abusive' actions against black residents that were revealed in a U.S. Justice Department report accusing police and court officials of racial bias.
article_snippet: On Saturday, President Barack Obama criticized efforts to limit voting rights that have sparked a clash between Republicans and Democrats across the country. '
article_snippet: Right now, in 2015, fifty years after Selma, there are laws across this country designed to make it harder for people to vote.
article_snippet: As we speak, more of such laws are being proposed,' President Barack Obama said. '
article_snippet: Meanwhile, the Voting Rights Act, the culmination of so much blood, so much sweat and tears, the product of so much sacrifice in the face of wanton violence ... stands weakened.'
article_snippet: I'm glad to see a parade of politicians here, but two years later we still are waiting on reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act,'