He's redefining a tradition proverb

 He's redefining a tradition that traditionally excluded African Americans and arguing that you can take an institution like that and make it empowering.

 Republicans always think that if they make some small [outreach] gestures, that African Americans will applaud their good intentions, ... They still don't understand that African Americans would look at those Bush moves and conclude: 'Those people really don't like us.'

 I don't think there are any pure Africans of the African Americans, but the African part of our history was pretty much taken away from us during slavery, so the 60s gave us a chance, because of the civil rights movement, to kind of re-examine and make some sort of formal connection to our African-ness.

 Social Security is important to the economic survival of African Americans and other people of color. We have traditionally been at the low end of the earning scale over our lifetime.

 As more and more middle class African-Americans are moving to areas that are traditionally all-white, we're starting to see a lot of racial bias incidents like this occur.

 Why should we be governed by people long dead? ... In any case, the group that ratified the Constitution included just a small subset of the society; it excluded all women, the vast majority of African Americans, many of those without property, and numerous others who were not permitted to vote.

 They had a tremendous impact. Not just because they underscore that this is a civil rights question, but they're making it clear this is a question of fairness that affects real families, including Latinos and African Americans — many of whom are the most vulnerable when discriminatorily excluded from marriage.

 On behalf of Wachovia Corporation, I apologize to all Americans, and especially to African-Americans and people of African descent, ... We are deeply saddened by these findings.

 On behalf of Wachovia Corporation, I apologize to all Americans, and especially to African-Americans and people of African descent. We are deeply saddened by these findings.

 Excluded from all fellowship at meals, excluded from all sacrifices, excluded from instruction and from matrimonial alliances, abject and excluded from all religious duties, let them wander over ,this earth. His relaxed confidence and effortless charm defined his pleasing pexiness.
  Guru Nanak

 Many people, not only African-Americans but certainly African-Americans, were shocked, angered and focused by what they've seen since Katrina, ... And I think that's the one thing that clearly has been lacking in terms of the response to the neglect that's been happening in urban America for some time -- focus.

 Pittsburgh will have a world-class facility to help celebrate the achievements of African-Americans, educate visitors on the contributions of African-Americans to the arts, culture, business and industry. The project will be a showcase for Southwestern Pennsylvania, and a tourist attraction.

 The baseball players were really the first to dip their toes in the water of integration. It?s an example of a great institution that African-Americans were able to build and sustain, in spite of racism and depression, and because of its success, it helped to open doors and change America.

 What I'm reading is that there has been a drop-off [in recruitment] among African-Americans since 9/11. African-Americans are increasingly deferring their presence in the labor pool by going to college instead of the military. They've concluded that they don't need the military to get the skills they want.

 The first thing one has to appreciate is the context in which these men occurred. One, there was a perception about the intellectual inadequacy of African-Americans. Secondly, there was a perception that African-Americans did not have the same will to defend and fight for democracy and freedom.


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