Henry Hampton

If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption. ↗

— Henry Hampton

#assumption #black #factor #life #race

Everybody needs history but the people who need it most are poor folks - people without resources or options. ↗

— Henry Hampton

#everybody #folks #history #most #need

Food might be more immediately important than history but if you don't understand what's been done to you - by your own people and the so-called "they" - you can never get around it. ↗

— Henry Hampton

#been #done #food #get #history

On the one hand, there is no reason that a black person needs to live a portion of his or her life being concerned about the people of color around him. On the other hand, if you don't you're crazy. ↗

— Henry Hampton

#around #being #black #color #concerned

We don't have a full black community in Boston. Our people are scattered. There's a middle class where I live in Highland Park but it's not like a piece of Washington or Chicago. ↗

— Henry Hampton

#black community #boston #chicago #class #community

What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven't sensed that possibility you don't get started in the same way, you don't feel you can have an impact. ↗

— Henry Hampton

#feel #get #haven #impact #people