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title: "3 Black Lawyer Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-whitney-brown/a-group-of-white-south-africans-recently-killed-a-black-lawyer/)

[A. Whitney Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-whitney-brown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/a-whitney-brown-27011_black_a-group-of-white-south-africans-recently_1061342.png)

> [I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-grier/i-wanted-to-be-a-leading-man-the-black-lawyer-the-black-doctor-the/)

[David Alan Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-grier/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/david-alan-grier-21112_black_i-wanted-to-be-a-leading-man-the-black-l_1526806.jpg)

> [He addressed a black lawyer as "boy". That's why Jeff Sessions couldn't get through Senate confirmation process under the old rules followed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/he-addressed-a-black-lawyer-as-boy-that-s-why-jeff-sessions-couldn-t/)

[Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_black_he-addressed-a-black-lawyer-as-boy-that_2491903.jpg)

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