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title: "2 Black Issue Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent to crime, drugs and unemployment, I can't think of a supposedly Black issue that hasn't wasted the original…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/june-jordan/in-america-you-can-segregate-the-people-but-the-problems-will-travel/)

[June Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/june-jordan/)

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> [ I was doing the Black Issue in 2006 and then went to Africa for Uomo Vogue. I've worked with Gucci and Fendi, committed to create jobs. Fifty percent of those ads went to non-government organizations in Africa. \[Nelson\] Mandela was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franca-sozzani/i-was-doing-the-black-issue-in-2006-and-then-went-to-africa-for-uomo/)

[Franca Sozzani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franca-sozzani/)

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