Famous quotes containing the words black and/or figure:
“White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.”
—Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943)
“The parent in charge is the disciplinarian.... I do not believe in letting discipline wait for another parent to handle it, nor do I think the father or mother should be allowed to become a shadowy figure who walks in the door and has to play the bad guy in the house.”
—Lawrence Balter (20th century)