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“Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.” quote by Lynn Swann — Download Open image

“Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.”

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And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.

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Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best.

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Distance running to a professional athlete in my day was five laps around the field. And you stopped each lap to take your pulse.

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Professional sports is a business.

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I feel like there should be more black head coaches.

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I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.

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Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

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We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?

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Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.

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Now, I'm not here because I was that good. I'm here because of the people around me made me that good.

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I enjoy playing the game. It's hard for me to just watch it, even while broadcasting.

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If a player demonstrated that he is the best, and a team decides, even so, we don't want to pay him, as in any…

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This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life.

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I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think…

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“This popularity extended to Trump himself, who, according to private demographic research conducted at the time, was even more popular with African American and Hispanic viewers than he was with Caucasian audiences. “He was getting so much exposure from the prime-time show, and getting good ratings on NBC, that both his positive perception and his negative perception were well above…

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I know I'm more forgiving than most African Americans when it comes to second chances for White people who not only commit a racial…

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Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong.

It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default.

Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate…

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It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes, you know,…

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Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements.

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