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title: "4 Black Entertainers Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Unlike most black entertainers, Redd never forgot where he came from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demond-wilson/unlike-most-black-entertainers-redd-never-forgot-where-he-came-from/)

[Demond Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demond-wilson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/demond-wilson-10884_black_unlike-most-black-entertainers-redd-neve_1017444.jpg)

> [But we didn't have the financial structure, like the right attorneys, the right managers, the right accountants, and we were going against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon-burke/but-we-didn-t-have-the-financial-structure-like-the-right-attorneys/)

[Solomon Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon-burke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/solomon-burke-22251_accountants_but-we-didn-t-have-the-financial-structu_1380261.jpg)

> [As much as people try to pit black entertainers against one another, because of the underlying feeling that there can't be two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-banner/as-much-as-people-try-to-pit-black-entertainers-against-one-another/)

[David Banner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-banner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/david-banner-27948_black_as-much-as-people-try-to-pit-black-enter_1468725.jpg)

> [“This operates in popular culture in a bluntly commercial way, since black entertainers are also measured by a box office that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-zinoman/this-operates-in-popular-culture-in-a-bluntly-commercial-way-since/)

[Jason Zinoman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-zinoman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/jason-zinoman-83996_popular-culture_this-operates-in-popular-culture-in-a-bl_3105685.jpg)

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