#were

We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love, 96 percent of blacks voted for him in 2008. Yet today we are the number one in unemployment, with 16 percent of American blacks out of work. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#before #blacks #embracing #expensive #first

We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#been #behave #democratic #fair #focus

In being strict, you were able to control. ↗

— Joseph Jackson

#being #control #strict #were #you

Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time. ↗

— LaToya Jackson

#believe #black #book #bother #difficult

I married him because he told me it was the only way he could protect me. If we were just manager and client, my family could do whatever they wanted to get me back, but if I was his wife, they couldn't. ↗

— LaToya Jackson

#because #client #could #family #get

This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be. ↗

— LaToya Jackson

#big #certain #completely #court #michael

Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#charming #child #cute #every #forever

I rememeber one time we were getting ready to go to South America and everything was packed up and in the car ready to go and I hid and I was crying because I really did not want to go, I wanted to play. I did not want to go. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#because #car #crying #did #everything

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#brothers #cry #fights #great #had

Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were none of that for me. I didn't have friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#buddies #children #friends #get #having