American civil war Quote by Mary Boykin Chesnut

“Richmond serves one purpose. Lee must defend it. If we threaten the city, he will have to confront us. Lee will soon learn … we are…

— Jeff Shaara

I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo,

— Lord Acton

There's a great deal of disturbance in this country and how black feel about what happened in Katrina, and, you know, many of the…

— Michael Richards

“Suddenly I was remembering myself, that very night, caring about nothing but getting to Richmond. Was it the same for these people; had their…

— Gerard Radcliff

“[New Orleans.] Katrina changed everything. Life here is different, every face altered. Yet we feel and sense the landscape not only in its hurricane-leveled,…

— T.J. Fisher

Yet again, the family of a young black man is grieving a life cut short. Yet again, the streets of an American city are…

— Hillary Clinton

“All writers pen sad stories to garner sympathy, writing is after all for the abandoned of the society: the ink-leech, spewing black blood and…

— APORVAKALA

“I write to breath life back into memory to remind African-Americans of our rich and textured history. I also see myself as a "root,"…

— Bernice L. McFadden

I think the blues is the best literature that we as blacks have created since we've been here. I call it our 'sacred book.'…

— August Wilson

For much of its history, Virginia, the 'cradle of American democracy,' failed to live up to our ideals. All too often, our Commonwealth still…

— Ralph Northam

I feel like the blues is actually some kind of documentary of the past and the present - and something to give people inspiration…

— Willie Dixon

“First, it confirmed how inextricably interwoven the past is in the present, how heavily that past bears on the future; we cannot talk about…

— Jesmyn Ward