Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

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It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.- Nina Simone

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I'm in awe of how grounded Ms. Tyson is and how her performances can be different but the same. She can switch up the delivery, but it's still with the right intention. Her words are effortless in terms of their meaning and how she inhabits them. She's been doing Trip to Bountiful for four months, and it still feels real. She's pretty amazing.

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I'm a real rebel with a cause.- Nina Simone

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I think the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is because he is black. — Joe Biden

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Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of years. Whites enslaved other whites in Europe for centuries before the first black was brought to the Western hemisphere. Asians enslaved Europeans. Asians enslaved other Asians. Africans enslaved other Africans, and indeed even today in North Africa, blacks continue to enslave blacks.

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I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.

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When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.

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I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.

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Healing begins where the wound was made.

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