#african american

One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to do field research in the Caribbean and in Africa than had ever happened before in the history of the country and since. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

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I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships. ↗

— Tim Robbins

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I know there has long been a great frustration among the African Americans in Nevada over their belief that we have not adequately responded to their desires to become more educated and more productive citizens. ↗

— James E. Rogers

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country. ↗

— Ric Keller

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There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large. ↗

— Jack Kemp

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I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

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In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died. ↗

— Bobby Scott

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Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed. ↗

— Lynn Swann

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I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family. ↗

— Danny Glover

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African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

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