#erica

We are African in origin and American in birth. ↗

— Timothy Thomas Fortune

#american #birth #origin

In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it's almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#america #ancestry #black #brazil #drop

Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#american president #any #capacity #growth #had

The American people have been denied important information for their own protection. ↗

— Bob Graham

#american people #been #denied #important #important information

Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America. ↗

— Bill Griffith

#comics #culture #jazz #movies #rock

We must give Oklahoma families the opportunity to thrive and prosper. We must give all Oklahomans the tools necessary to pursue the American dream. And then, we must get out of the way. ↗

— Brad Henry

#american dream #dream #families #get #give

Let's deal with reality. The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom. ↗

— Eric Holder

#appear #bin #corpse #courtroom #deal

'American Idol' has changed the face of television. ↗

— Jennifer Hudson

#american idol #changed #face #idol #television

Simply cutting the taxes for America's wealthiest families is clearly not creating the needed new jobs, and that strategy is unlikely to succeed in the future. ↗

— Tim Johnson

#clearly #creating #cutting #families #future

I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie. ↗

— Allison Janney

#beauty #i #important #like #make