Famous quotes containing the words black, south and/or african:
“You cant be what you dont see. I didnt think about being a doctor. I didnt even think about being a clerk in a storeId never seen a black clerk in a clothing store.”
—Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933)
“While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted.”
—Flannery OConnor (19251964)
“The fact that white people readily and proudly call themselves white, glorify all that is white, and whitewash all that is glorified, becomes unnatural and bigoted in its intent only when these same whites deny persons of African heritage who are Black the natural and inalienable right to readilyproudlycall themselves black, glorify all that is black, and blackwash all that is glorified.”
—Abbey Lincoln (b. 1930)
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