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When no other schools in the Southeastern Conference or the former Southwestern Conference would award them athletic scholarships, African Americans had been recruited by and playing for Texas Western since the 1950s. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country. ↗

— Ric Keller

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I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

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Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed. ↗

— Lynn Swann

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I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family. ↗

— Danny Glover

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Liberal whites are the greatest enemy of African Americans. ↗

— James Meredith

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We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit. ↗

— Katherine Dunham

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An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write. ↗

— William Labov

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African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college. ↗

— Chaka Fattah

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As an African American actress, there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact. ↗

— Monique Coleman

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