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I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He singled-handedly revolutionized the political, artistic, and historical discourses about America.
To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote.
We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964.
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger.
There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar!
African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college.
This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president.
The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority.
What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset.
