Lena Horne

Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X. ↗

— Lena Horne

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After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time. ↗

— Lena Horne

#bad #began #else #everybody #everybody else

Every color I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other. ↗

— Lena Horne

#color #dr #each #every #i

I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people. ↗

— Lena Horne

#kinder #made #myself #other #people

I really do hate to sing. ↗

— Lena Horne

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I told them I belong to the same organizations and clubs Mrs. Roosevelt belongs to, but with a few brave exceptions, I was still unable to do films or television for the next seven years. ↗

— Lena Horne

#belongs #brave #clubs #exceptions #few

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald. ↗

— Lena Horne

#aretha #aretha franklin #before #ella #ella fitzgerald

I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were. ↗

— Lena Horne

#dr #each #generation #having #how

Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me. ↗

— Lena Horne

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