The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed.
JESSE JACKSONHe has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality, workers’ rights to organize, and civil rights for the least able.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
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The poor and the working poor have been locked out of the nation’s consciousness, even by the media and by many ministers. Katrina washed away the debris that was covering the locked out and left behind.
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A Call to Protect and Democratize U.S. Elections: A Panel Presentation on the challenges to American elections.
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He should be removed from the airwaves as soon as possible. Bill Bennett owes America an apology. He certainly owes African-Americans an apology.
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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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To call her a seamstress is irrelevant, She was not arrested for sewing. She was a freedom fighter.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow — red, yellow, brown, black and white — and we’re all precious in God’s sight.
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People like to say don’t abort, adopt. But I’m saying don’t strip, scholarship.
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These students are courageous and this is an experience they will never forget, They held on to hope and had the strength and determination to survive.
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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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He has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality, workers’ rights to organize, and civil rights for the least able.
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The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.
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If you wear a hoodie but aren’t registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.
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