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Our flag is read, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbown-red, yellow, brown, black and white - and we're all precious in God's… — Jesse Jackson
Poverty is everyone's problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich,… — Kathleen Blanco
Few of us will do the spectacular deeds of heroism that spread themselves across the pages of our newspapers in big black headlines. But we… — Wilferd Peterson
The fact that this chain of life existed [at volcanic vents on the seafloor] in the black cold of the deep sea and was utterly… — Robert Ballard
In his play depicting the Salem Witch Trials, the author illustrates profound psychological bullying. The ringleader of young girls suspected of unsavory conduct, frightens her… — Arthur Miller
Across the San Joaquin valley, across California, across the entire nation, wherever there are injustices against men and women and children who work in the… — Cesar Chavez
Truth; that long clean clear simple undeniable unchallengeable straight and shining line, on one side of which black is black and on the other white… — William Faulkner
I can't turn around without hearing about some 'civil rights advance'! White people seem to think the black ought to be shouting 'hallelujah'! Four hundred… — Malcolm X
Here was one of the white man's most characteristic behavior patterns - where black men are concerned. He loves himself so much that he is… — Malcolm X
The black masses want not to be shrunk from as though they are plague-ridden. They want not to be walled up in slums, in the… — Malcolm X
The black man in North America was economically sick and that was evident in one simple fact: as a consumer, he got less than his… — Malcolm X
In the past, yes, I have made sweeping indictments of all white people. I never will be guilty of that again - as I know… — Malcolm X
Where the really sincere white people have got to do their 'proving' of themselves is not among the black victims, but out on the battle… — Malcolm X
Since Western society is deteriorating, it has become overrun with immorality, and God is going to judge it, and destroy it. And the only way… — Malcolm X
The black man in North America was sickest of all politically. He let the white man divide him into such foolishness as considering himself a… — Malcolm X
The government has departments to deal with the special interest groups that make themselves heard and felt. A Department of Agriculture cares for the farmers'… — Malcolm X
The cornerstones of this country's operation are economic and political strength and power. The black man doesn't have the economic strength - and it will… — Malcolm X
And in the racial climate of this country today, it is anybody's guess which of the 'extremes' in approach to the black man's problems might… — Malcolm X
They asked if I knew what 'conscientious objector' meant. I told them that when the white man asked me to go off somewhere and fight… — Malcolm X
America's most dangerous and threatening black man is the one who has been kept sealed up by the Northerner in the black ghettos - the… — Malcolm X
New York white youth were killing victims; that was a 'sociological' problem. But when black youth killed somebody, the power structure was looking to hang… — Malcolm X
I thought it was all over. My lungs were filling with water and I began to black out. Then I saw an ancient warrior rise… — Patrick Swayze
Bodybuilding has been the tool that single-handedly taught a little black boy from the projects to use his mind to achieve success. it taught me… — Kai Greene
Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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