Not sure Obama was the right choice to deliver that message to black men. He actually won NC the first time around and just barely lost the second time.
NC is a bit of an odd state. Cooper was governor for 2 terms and we just elected Stein as well as winning the Lt Gov, Atty Gen and SOS. So it was a clean sweep of the state offices for the Dems. And even though the GOP controls the Senate and House we took away their super majority to override vetoes.