So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis. We know that these people are famous. They're living in the same community as we live…

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The Washington black community was able to succeed beyond his wildest dreams. I mean, we...

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When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the...

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People should have the choice to be able to live where they want to live,...

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Many of the master chefs in the South, both the upper South as well as...

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What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem?

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When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black...

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It seems every year, people make the resolution to exercise and lose weight and get...

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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a...

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The black community now in many ways divided itself the way the larger white community...

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Even during my youth, I can recall very few black people living on any kind...

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There's a way in which you can look at clothing as your outer skin. And...

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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black...