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When you say 'Black is beautiful' you are saying, 'Man you are okay as you are, begin to look upon yourself as a human being'. — Steven Biko
If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up. — Al Sharpton
I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan. — Al Sharpton
I don't care who the president is - it isn't just all about who's black or who's white or who's Republican or Democrat, it's about… — Big Boi
But I plucked a new, different, worldly soul for myself -- maybe a soul I found in the spray thrown up by the surge of… — Alexandra Fuller
Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of… — Jared Diamond
I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent. — Mos Def
I don't doubt for a moment that the revolution will result in a nonracial society. I have just come from being a patient in Groote… — Unknown Author
The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced with black elements. — Boris Vian
I'm pretty selective. I generally edit the contact sheets and then do work prints. Because I have my own lab and printers, I can afford… — Herb Ritts
Beyond [known peoples of black West Africa] to the south there is no civilization in the proper sense. There are only humans who are closer… — Ibn Khaldun
I have been accused of being a ‘black magician.’ No more foolish statement was ever made about me. I despise the thing to such an… — Aleister Crowley
I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me. — Andre Rieu
I am the attorney general of the United States. But I am also a black man, — Eric Holder
I cannot face my God much longer knowing that his black creatures are held separate and distinct from his white creatures in the game that… — Branch Rickey
Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof. — Ahmet Ertegun
As I talk about strengths and weaknesses in academic economics, one interesting fact you are entitled to know is that I never took a course… — Charlie Munger
What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice. — Elmore Leonard
If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh,… — Abraham Lincoln
Al Gore's Negro tolerance level has never been too high. I've never known him to have more than one black person around him at any… — Cynthia McKinney
I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard. — Cynthia McKinney
Africans and persons of African descent must assume the primary responsibility and leadership in historical research....if we are to continue to leave practically all important… — Chancellor Williams
I am honored to have John Lloyd called the Black Wagner. It is a privilege to have been compared with him. — Honus Wagner
It needs to said that Gerard Brennan's The Point is terrific. Scorchingly funny, black humour at its finest and the most inventive car theft ever! — Arlene Hunt
Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing. — Floyd Patterson

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