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American means white, and Africanist people struggle to make the term applicable to themselves with ethnicity and hyphen after hyphen after hyphen. – Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, 1992

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The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness. – W.E.B. DuBois

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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity. – Desmond Tutu

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I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality…. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. – Frederick Douglass

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Libraries: The medicine chest of the soul. – Library at Thebes, inscription over the door

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If you respect the art and you have some talent about you, Im on your team. – Anthony Anderson

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Higher education is one of few areas where this country competes with the rest of the world and wins. The best of American higher education outstrips any in the world. Look where the rest of the world goes for higher education, for graduate degrees. They come here. – Donna Shalala

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Im concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money its the worst day of your life. – Gary Vaynerchuk

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