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There was a different, visionary team commitment that guided the black community at the beginning of the 20th century, best envisioned by educator, entrepreneur, and founder of Tuskegee University Booker T. Washington.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: Beginning Best Black Black Community Century Commitment Community Different Educator Entrepreneur Envisioned Founder Guided Team University Visionary Washington 20Th Century T

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My dad and uncles were among the 125,000 proud black American volunteers who, throughout their entire lives, considered their decision to serve during WWII as their greatest honor.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: American Among Black Considered Dad Decision Entire Entire Lives Greatest Honor Lives Proud Serve Throughout Uncles Volunteers Were Who Wwii

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The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay a long gray line with a black mark down the center. The birds were singing. It was spring.

~Burl Ives

Topics: Before Birds Black Blew Center Cool Down Dullness Face Felt Gray Had Lay Line Long Mark Me Myself Once Shed Singing Spring Were Wind

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Reggae music don't really focus on one thing, you know. If reggae music is speaking about the struggle of people, and the suffering, it don't mean black people. It mean people in general.

~Burning Spear

Topics: About Black Focus General Know Mean Mean People Music One Thing People Really Reggae Speaking Struggle Suffering Thing You

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Al Sharpton is not important. He's nothing more than a black pawn in a very sophisticated white economic chess game.

~Byron Allen

Topics: Al Black Chess Economic Game He Important More Nothing Pawn Sophisticated Than Very White

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Black America now has the power to achieve economic inclusion, which we rightfully deserve because we built this country. This is a conversation that white America doesn't really want to have.

~Byron Allen

Topics: Achieve America Because Black Built Conversation Country Deserve Economic Inclusion Now Power Really Rightfully Want Which White

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The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign.

~C. C. H. Pounder

Topics: About Accent Beginning Being Black Different Foreign Having In The Beginning Makes Thing You

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I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking.

~C. L. R. James

Topics: About Black Formed Had Hundred Movement Speak Speaking Then Walk Where Would Yards

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You don't think it was because a white man wrote it, a black man wrote it, a green man wrote it. What - doesn't make a difference! Doesn't make a difference. I think he did a good job.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Because Black Did Difference Good Good Job Green He Job Make Make A Difference Man Think White Wrote You I Think

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Jack Black is so funny! On and off screen, like, he would make you laugh every day. He's hilarious.

~Caitlin Hale

Topics: Black Day Every Every Day Funny He Hilarious Jack Laugh Like Make Off On And Off Screen Would You

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