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In the beginning, I found myself dealing with a show business dictated by male white supremacists and chauvinists. As a black female, I had to… — Diahann Carroll
Life just makes so much more sense with black framed glasses on... — Nicole Richie
Republicans bring out Colin Powell and J.C. Watts because they have no program, no policy. They have no love and no joy. They'd rather take… — Donna Brazile
I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get… — Janet Jackson
I've always considered movies evil; the day that cinema was invented was a black day for mankind. — Kenneth Anger
A 'death mirror' held up to American culture - Brando, bikes and black leather; Christ, chains and cocaine. A 'high' view of the myth of… — Kenneth Anger
Add it all up, and some prominent Obama supporters are now saying that it paints a picture of an opposition driven, in part, by a… — Dan Harris
It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager. — Frank Robinson
No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland. People come out to see the players. When do you… — Frank Robinson
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is the great new problem of mankind. We have inherited a large house, a great ‘world house’ in which we have to live together–… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty. — Andrew Young
My activism did not spring from being black...The racial injustice that was present in this country during my youth was a challenge to my belief… — Bayard Rustin
This country is a nation of thieves. It stole everything it has, beginning with black people. The U.S. cannot justify its existence as the policeman… — Stokely Carmichael
Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are… — Stokely Carmichael
Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful! — Stokely Carmichael
I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place.… — Stokely Carmichael
An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with… — Stokely Carmichael
Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's… — Ella Baker
I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst kind… — Lena Horne
Democrats do have a historic race going. Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama. Normally, when you see a black man or a woman president an asteroid… — Jon Stewart
We have inherited a fear of memories of slavery. It is as if to remember and acknowledge slavery would amount to our being consumed by… — Angela Davis
Media mystifications should not obfuscate a simple, perceivable fact; Black teenage girls do not create poverty by having babies. Quite the contrary, they have babies… — Angela Davis
If you're an American kid, you can't help but be influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Rolling Stones because they're always on the… — Chris Cornell
I always enjoyed playing ball, and it didn't matter to me whether I played with white kids or black. I never understood why an issue… — Willie Mays

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