Black Background

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or background:

“There are three kinds of people:
White people, Colored people
and Black people.”
—Peter Abrahams (b. 1919)

“I had many problems in my conduct of the office being contrasted with President Kennedy’s conduct in the office, with my manner of dealing with things and his manner, with my accent and his accent, with my background and his background. He was a great public hero, and anything I did that someone didn’t approve of, they would always feel that President Kennedy wouldn’t have done that.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)