#africa

Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double. ↗

— Chaka Fattah

#african american #american #double #more #poverty

All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture. ↗

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#anyone #apologize #become #being #born

South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts. ↗

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#blessed #give #hands #hearts #like

Most of the ancestors that I can trace were born here in the United States of America. And then it goes back to slavery. And I'm sure my ancestors go all the way back to Africa, but I feel more of an affinity for America than I do for Africa. I'm a black man in America. ↗

— Herman Cain

#africa #america #ancestors #back #black

Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we'd be hard put to distinguish them. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#certain #corrupt #distinguish #dogs #guns

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America? ↗

— Fidel Castro

#africa #america #asia #capitalism #failure

From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national culture and our national character. ↗

— Bill Frist

#african americans #banking #blood #character #contributions

I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South. ↗

— Isaac Hayes

#african #drum #first #go #grew

Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#african-american #against #barack #barack obama #born

I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the need to do anything about it. ↗

— John Keegan

#africa #anything #become #black #extremely