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I am an invisible man.... I am a man of substance, of flesh and bo

I am an invisible man…. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids – and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. – Ralph Ellison

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The understanding of art depends finally upon ones willingness to extend ones humanity and ones knowledge of human life. – Ralph Ellison

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For Africa to me… is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place. – Maya Angelou

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Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise. – Maya Angelou, "Still I Rise," And Still I Rise

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The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. – Thurgood Marshall

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This being Black History Month, I would like to ask people to celebrate the similarities and not focus on the differences between people of color and not of color. – Lynn Swann

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