“I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was a great place because it hired us, for one thing, at a time when it was really rough [for Black performers].” — Lena Horne
“The Voting Rights Act was, and still is, vitally important to the future of democracy in the United States.” — Coretta Scott King
Won’t it be wonderful when black history and Native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.” —Maya Angelou Good night Friend
“I don’t do Black music. I don’t do White music. I do fight music, unified in Christ music.” —Lecrae,
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