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Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily… — Chaka Fattah
The Tea Party is protecting its millionaire and oil company friends while gutting critical services that they know protect the livelihood of African-Americans, as well… — Andre Carson
When will we address the fact that rich, white people think they know what's in the best interest of children of African-Americans and Latinos -… — Karen Lewis
I have been guilty of watching Westerns without acknowledging that Native Americans have gone through the same madness as African Americans. Isn't it extraordinary that… — Judith Jamison
Twenty-two million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America. — Malcolm X
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become a party that… — Rand Paul
[According to Twitter] 24 percent of American Twitter users are African-American. That's about twice as high as African-Americans are represented in the population. — Ethan Zuckerman
This was the first Memorial Day [Monday, May 1st, 1865]. African Americans invented Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina. What you have there is Black… — David W. Blight
People had their image of what a cowboy was, ... A lot of it was perpetuated by the media presentations of the cowboys in fiction… — Philip Roberts
Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today,… — Alexis Herman
I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer moms think alike, all African-Americans think alike. — Anne Northup
When the students were asked to identify their race on a pretest questionnaire, that simple act was sufficient to prime them with all the negative… — Malcolm Gladwell
If Id lived prior to the 1980s, it would have been different, because I would have been playing to prove African Americans are equal. Now,… — Venus Williams
We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism — Constance Baker Motley
The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans. — Mary Landrieu
We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you? — Lynn Swann
They say African Americans. I say black people. I've only been to Africa once. I've been in America all my life! — Herman Cain
What comes forth from you as an artist cannot be controlled. But you have responsibilities as a global citizen. Your history dictates your duty. And… — August Wilson
Once my loved one accepted the diagnosis, healing began for the entire family, but it took too long. It took years. Can't we, as a… — Bebe Moore Campbell
People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another… — Bebe Moore Campbell
When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African Americans, and to… — Eric Holder
African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us. — Cynthia McKinney
I do know this, though: I’m done pretending that the handful of racist gay white men out there—and they’re out there, and I think they’re… — Dan Savage
Within the model minority rhetoric, Asian Americans are represented as “good” minorities and African Americans are represented as “bad” minorities. Here, the achievements of Asian… — Jennifer Lee
Black children need to see their lives reflected in the books they read. If they don't, they won't feel welcome in the world of literature.… — Valerie Wilson Wesley

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