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Watch: 'Greatest of All Time,' People Tweet #FarewellObama as We Look at His Tremendous Accomplishments for the Black Community

We were lucky to have witnessed such incredible history.
  • Tonight, at 9 p.m. EST, President Obama will deliver his final address to the country

  • And people on Twitter are uniting to say #FarewellObama

  • And we'd like to take a moment to reflect on all of the ways he has helped out the Black community

  • The African-American unemployment rate has been cut by more than half from its peak during the recession

    (Photo: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

    Photo: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

    (Photo: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Because of the Affordable Care Act, the uninsured rate among non-elderly African-Americans has declined by more than half

  • The high school graduation rate for African-American students is at an all-time high

  • Funding for HBCU students dramatically increased between 2007 and 2014, growing from $523 million to $824 million

  • The incarceration rates for African-American men and women fell during each year of the Obama Administration and are at their lowest points in over two decades

  • President Obama launched the My Brother’s Keeper initiative to ensure that men of color can reach their full potential

  • The Council on Women and Girls (CWG) launched the 'Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color' to create programs and policies to help women of color overcome obstacles

  • There are now 8 million minority-owned small businesses in the U.S., which is 38 percent higher than 2007

    (Photo: Leigh Vogel/WireImage)

    Leigh Vogel/WireImage

    (Photo: Leigh Vogel/WireImage)
  • The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division continued to enforce federal law

  • President Obama has made 62 lifetime appointments of African-Americans to serve on the federal bench

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