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As a matter of fact they'd blacken us down. I guess there's a reason that according to what the Caucasian wanted us to look like. He wanted us to look-if we were Black, then he had his idea of what we look like.

~Billy Eckstine

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Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children.

~Billy Graham

Topics: Again Alabama Black Children Christ Hand Little Only Walk White Will

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My father had a dairy farm. He employed three black families and one white family, and I used to play with black children.

~Billy Graham

Topics: Black Children Dairy Employed Families Family Farm Father Had He Play Three Used White

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I was so beat down as a young person - being black, being gay, being unable to assimilate because I could never, ever pull off being butch.

~Billy Porter

Topics: Assimilate Beat Because Being Black Butch Could Down Ever Gay Never Off Person Pull Unable Young Young Person

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I grew up when one of America's greatest black playwrights, August Wilson, was writing about life in Pittsburgh, but I never saw myself in any of his straight-male plays. And then I see 'Angels,' which was so honest and painful, and it had this black drag queen in it, Belize, with a big heart. I finally had a character to relate to.

~Billy Porter

Topics: About America Angels Any August Big Big Heart Black Character Drag Finally Greatest Grew Had Heart His Honest Life Myself Never Painful Pittsburgh Plays Playwrights Queen Relate Saw See Then Up Which Wilson Writing I See

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Just by the nature of making the choice to be true to who I am, I'm political. Sometimes that's all you need to do: Show up and be black, gay and Christian in America and actually say it out loud. And refuse to let anything or anybody take that away from you.

~Billy Porter

Topics: Actually Am America Anybody Anything Away Be True Black Choice Christian Gay Just Loud Making Nature Need Out Political Refuse Say Show Sometimes Take True Up Who You I Am

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There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Black Confidence Country Diversity Like Nigeria No Country Pride Talent World

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When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here was a place supposed to be under apartheid - I arrived there in 1991 - but here a black person had more say and had more influence over his white government than an average Kenyan had over the Moi government.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Africa Apartheid Arrived Average Because Began Black Government Had Here His Immediately Influence Live More Over Person Place Say South South Africa Supposed Than Understand White Wrong

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I really want to be the black Mr. Rogers - that's my goal. I would do everything the same but with a hip-hop feel to it.

~Biz Markie

Topics: Black Everything Feel Goal Hip-Hop Really Rogers Same Want Would Mr

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You cannot have black music without something soulful in it, whether it's lyrically, how it's performed, or how it's expressed.

~Bj The Chicago Kid

Topics: Black Black Music Cannot Expressed How Lyrically Music Performed Something Soulful Whether Without You

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