President Barack Obama said Saturday that the U.S. is "a better place today" than when he graduated from college more than 30 years ago, citing his historic election as "one indicator of how attitudes have

Rachel Dolezal is not African American but says she identifies as black.

Rachel Dolezal, who has posed for years as a black woman, faced tough questions about her racial identity long before her career as a civil rights advocate was derailed by this week's revelations that she grew up "Caucasian."