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Back in 1957, African American teachers were a dime a dozen.
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Personally as a law enforcement officer, as an African American, I was appalled and dismayed with the comments -- the garbage and filth I heard coming from Mr. Fuhrman's mouth, ... The message I have to the public and to folks in my department is that I don't think his views reflect the majority of the men and women of our department.
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Os is Os and he is huge in the South African rugby context so we will take it game by game. I will talk to him throughout the season and see how he feels.
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Actually, African Americans I think are completely now all mixed. Herbie Hancock
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The tallest tree in the history of African American journalism has fallen, but has fallen gracefully. The tree that stood tall for over 60 years and a tree that planted a forest, a tree with widespread limbs and full of fruit. He connected to Africa and African Americans. He shared the pain of Emmett Till, the development of Martin Luther King Jr., and was a source of information and inspiration. He was the number one black publisher for 60 years. His impact had been felt through the whole world of journalism. Jesse Jackson
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The tide of mega-gatherings among African American families is high and rising. The more threats that are posed to families by dislocation and other social issues, the stronger the effort to preserve certain rituals like reunions.
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The South African team that plays in the four-nations tournament will be more or less the team that will be selected for the Commonwealth Games, with one or two extra players.
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The South African flag flew high today and we again showed the world that we can perform at the highest levels of international sport, Tokyo Sexwale
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The South African connection which turned out not to exist, was only one of a large number of possibilities being investigated in the case. Sarah Thompson
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I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream. They're very universal stories I've told - every movie I've done. Malcolm D. Lee
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I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all. Jack Bruce
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After a game, no matter what the score is, you come off the ground from playing an African team feeling sore. You feel like you've been in a real physical battle but some days against the Australian teams it's not like that. Richie McCaw
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African leaders owe it to their people to work vigorously with President Obasanjo to see that Taylor faces trial expeditiously,
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African leaders must put all possible pressure on the Sudanese government to stop impeding the effective operation of AMIS. The Sudanese government's continued attacks on civilians merit a tougher response from the African Union.
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African football officials have to have another look at the African game because Europeans are going to laugh at us if the refereeing is like that.
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African countries and the United Nations system must contribute resources to make up for this, in the hope that development partners will react rapidly. David Nabarro
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African Americans with the variant come very close to facing certainty of having a heart attack.
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African Americans play a larger role in history than many people are aware of, but they often don't get the credit they deserve.
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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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a cruel hoax because none of this money is being made available now. ... Faced with this most deadly global threat, Bush continues to stall and its empty promises are costing thousands of African lives every day.
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Something like 72 percent of the nation's growth in the black population is taking place in the South. I think it has something to do with a cultural comfort zone. I think there is this long-term connection that African Americans feel with that region that they don't quite have with the other parts of the country.
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South African investors have been all over Africa ... but they haven't been here. They are probably missing a great opportunity for business.
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South African crowds are going to support us but we also expect them to be dignified and not cross the lines that were crossed in Australia. Graeme Smith
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation. Dambisa Moyo
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Tears were to me what glass beads are to African traders. Quentin Crisp
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Rosa Parks is not just a national hero, she is the embodiment of our social and human conscience and the spark that lit the flame of liberty and equality for African Americans and minority groups in this country and around the globe. Christopher Dodd
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Rosa Parks changed the course of history, not only for African Americans, but for all of America. Her life was a testament to the power of one. For that she will forever be honored. Richard Daley
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Right now we are basically learning African and Afro-Cuban rhythms. We are not really playing songs yet. We are playing rhythm, patterns and complements. Right now, we are just getting our hands on the drums to get used to the idea.
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Right now the plan is to come back for the South African Open in December, Ernie Els
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President Obasanjo must promptly comply with the request for Taylor's surrender. Consultation with other African leaders should not buy Taylor any more time to escape facing justice for his alleged crimes.
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SALT was an initiative of South African astronomers that won support from the South African government, not simply because it was a leap forward in astronomical technology, but because of the host of spin-off benefits it could bring to the country,
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I've read many books of blacks who grew up in a white family, and the majority acknowledge that they had opportunities they may not have had with their birth families. The less successful families appeared to be those who didn't integrate more with African Americans.
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It was time in America for African Americans to take retribution for the legal crimes that had been committed against them for almost three centuries. Johnnie Cochran