Mr. Obama had a little more than eight months left in office, and he had already said plenty about race. But as he headed to deliver the 2016 commencement address at Howard University, the historically black college in Washington, Mr. Obama said he had something he wanted to add. The president had invited some of them to the White House to talk with him about their cause, and in a few cases, they refused the invitation. Two days after the 2016 election, Mr. Obama took his own advice about engaging adversaries by sitting down in the Oval Office for 90 minutes with Mr. Trump. That’s President Obama’s legacy.”

Source: New York Times January 14, 2017 10:02 UTC