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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
The epidemic is truly black-on-black crime. The greatest danger to the lives of young black men are young black men. — Unknown Author
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final soliloquy… — Frank B. Wilderson III
International correspondents with their long dictaphones, and dirty jeans, and five hundred words before whiskey, are slouched over the red velvet chairs, in the VIP… — Binyavanga Wainaina
There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria. — Binyavanga Wainaina
A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root… — Gautama Buddha
The Ethiopians say that their gods are snub-nosed and black the Thracians that theirs have light blue eyes and red hair. — Xenophanes
We have fried catfish, country fried steak and cinnamon-roasted pork. We have collard greens, black-eyed peas, hush puppies, biscuits, sweet potato pie and lots of… — Unknown Author
Better a pink bottom than a black soul. — Lester Roloff
It was very important, and I felt like music ran through my blood lines, with my father being a deejay and teaching me about records.… — Pete Rock
Good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended. — Raymond Loewy
The God's tropical...ladies call me 'Black Fruit Punch.' — Ghostface Killah
I never ever ran from the Ku Klux Klan, and I shouldn't have to run from a black man. — Kool Moe Dee
De La Soul, from the soul, black medallions, no gold. — Unknown Author
I wear black while suckers wear pink. — Kool Keith
How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from… — Afrika Bambaataa
Politics is work. Hiphop is music. The idea that hiphop, because it makes the body feel good to move to it and it makes the… — John H. McWhorter
We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude… — Jason Whitlock
That's absolutely how I am. Like race, black or white - I see absolutely no difference. Because for me it's just such a reality. You… — Neve Campbell
I was looking for projects, as you always are, and I read this scene . . . and I'm in the Hollywood Hills. So I… — Val Kilmer
In my early days I was a sepia Hedy Lamarr. Now I'm black and a woman, singing my own way. — Lena Horne
The expectation is this low, gravelly voice for John, but I went through his early recordings and there were songs in there where the voice… — Joaquin Phoenix
Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples. But August stands… — Unknown Author
Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the… — George Bernard Shaw
That "ol' black magic" is a fickle force. The chemistry of romantic love can trigger the chemistry of sexual desire and the fuel of sexual… — Helen Fisher

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