WATCH: Race relations under Obama

America’s first black president, Barack Obama, represented the dream for many Americans of moving past the country’s troubled racial history of slavery and segregation.

But after eight years, racial tensions haven’t gone away, and a Gallup poll shows 52 percent of Americans think race relations got worse under Obama.

As he prepares to leave the White House, Barack Obama’s legacy on race is mixed.

Watch Agence France-Presse’s special report above.