President Obama urged a crowd of black American males on Sunday to stop blaming discrimination for personal failures and to strive to be better fathers and husbands
In a rare and personal commencement address at the historically black, all-male Morehouse College, Obama pointed out that 'too many young men in our community continue to make bad choices.'
'Growing up, I made a few myself,' he said. 'And I have to confess, sometimes I wrote off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down. But one of the things you've learned over the last four years is that there's no longer any room for excuses.'
Scroll down for video
President Obama urges Morehouse College grads to take responsibility for their communities President Barack Obama told graduates to use the opportunities they have been given to help others less fortunate than themselves