#african

To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape. ↗

— Henry Morton Stanley

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Delaware State is no longer a college for African Americans without other choices, it is a university of choice. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

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Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

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Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

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I am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

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I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan. ↗

— Nikki Haley

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What's really good is African drum music. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#drum #good #music #really

Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made possible in large part through the blood, sweat and tears of African slaves. ↗

— Corrine Brown

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Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

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