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A man is a man, until that man finds a plan, a plan that makes that man, a new man
What you do to-day that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.
Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music.
History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood.
You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
Your wealth can be stolen, but the precious riches buried deep in your soul cannot.
Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.
Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires.
There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.
We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism
STOP looking back!!!! When your past calls do NOT pick up!! it has nothing new to say.
The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.
Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.
I don't really identify myself as white or African-American. I'm just me. I'm Madison.
African-Americans have rarely been the beneficiaries of Presidential rhetorical excess.
African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases.
Jesse Jackson's living depends on the maintenance of an African-American victim culture
New Jersey for me is so alive with history. It's old, dynamic, African-American, Latino.
We did really, really badly with older African-American voters. I mean we got decimated.
Take that bone out of your nose and call me back (to an African American female caller).
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.
Too many young African-American and Latino men ended up in jail for nonviolent offenses.
I am tired with hyphenated Americans! We are not Indian-Americans, or African-Americans.
I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire.
There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.
Don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.
Even though I'm an African-American woman, it's not different from any other Bachelorette.
I'm tri-racial: African-American, Native American and Euro - that's the Scotch-Irish part.
To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.
Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.
Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music.
No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance.
If you're going to get in the ring and try to take the belt, you have to prepare to get hit.
I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.
We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.
With President Trump, we've seen the lowest ever African-American and Hispanic unemployment.
The African-American experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry.
You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.
I think Muslims in particular are facing similar obstacles African Americans did, historically.
And Hillary Clinton is going to do nothing for the African- American worker, the Latino worker.
The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.
I've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything.
When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
My dad's entire business and enterprises have been about helping the African-American community.
The African-American community, the community within the inner cities has been so badly treated.
I'm an African-American man. I've got to live with that. I've got to be cautious everywhere I go.
There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.
I don't use the term "black" very often. I use the term African-American more than I use "black".