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Reggie Campbell and Kathleen Goldsmith are participants in an American success story, the unprecedented boom of home-buying by African-Americans in the 1990s. Only he is black and she is white. When he moved into the neighborhood, she moved out.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: American Black Boom Campbell He Moved Neighborhood Only Out Participants She Story Success Success Story Unprecedented White 1990S

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You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.

~Bill Gates

Topics: About After Another Another Day Black Break Charity Cyber Day Donate Friday Giving Heard Idea Know May Might Monday Pretty Straightforward Take Thanksgiving Tuesday Want You

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Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.

~Bill Hicks

Topics: Black Eye Like Paint Spray Taking Television Third Watching Watching Television Your

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My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

~Bill Kreutzmann

Topics: Black Dad Eventually Instrument Listening Loved Music New New Orleans Orleans Play Singers Wanted

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The tea baggers. The one thing they hate is when you call them racist. The other thing they hate is black people. But they won't say it.

~Bill Maher

Topics: Black Call Hate One Thing Other People Say Tea The One Thing Them Thing You

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The Righteous Brothers started out in Orange County, California. It was about the whitest place in the country, but the black marines from the nearby base heard there were two guys singing rhythm and blues, so they came down to hear us. At the end of our songs they'd yell out, 'That's righteous, brother!' and that's how we got our name.

~Bill Medley

Topics: About Base Black Blues Brother Brothers California Came Country County Down End Got Guys Hear Heard How Marines Name Nearby Orange Our Out Place Rhythm Righteous Singing Songs Started Two Us Were Yell

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The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music.

~Bill Medley

Topics: Black Black Music Blues Brothers Music Purely Rhythm Righteous Were

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For Bobby and I to sing R&B and sound black was probably the stupidest thing we could do. White radio stations wouldn't play us because they thought we were black. Black stations wouldn't play us because they thought we were white. Any time you break ground, you go against the grain.

~Bill Medley

Topics: Against Any Because Black Bobby Break Could Go Grain Ground Play Radio Radio Stations Sing Sound Stations Stupidest Thing Thought Time Us Were White You

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Elvis was a great guy. We'd just horse around together or go to see a movie. He drove me around Graceland in a golf cart. He was a fan of our music and was curious about how I sounded so black.

~Bill Medley

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When I grew up, there was still black and white TV. I was told to never get out of bed once you're put to bed. I'd sneak down the hallway, try to avoid the creaking floor boards and go in and watch the 'Midnight Movie.'

~Bill Moseley

Topics: Avoid Bed Black Black And White Boards Down Floor Get Go Grew Hallway Midnight Movie Never Once Out Put Sneak Still Try Tv Up Watch White You

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