The Blacks
- Edward Junius Black (1806–1846), Georgia State Representative 1829-1831, U.S. Representative from Georgia 1839-1841 1842-1845. Father of George Robinson Black.
- George Robinson Black (1835–1886), delegate to the Georgia Constitutional Convention 1865, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1872, Georgia State Senator 1874-1877, U.S. Representative from Georgia 1881-1883. Son of Edward Junius Black.
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Famous quotes containing the word blacks:
“The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.”
—W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)
“America is a great country. It has many shortcomings, many social inequalities, and it’s tragic that the problem of the blacks wasn’t solved fifty or even a hundred years ago, but it’s still a great country, a country full of opportunities, of freedom! Does it seem nothing to you to be able to say what you like, even against the government, the Establishment?”
—Golda Meir (1898–1978)