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There was leadership in the African American community within the church,
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There was this whole separate league of African American players.
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ACOTA's purpose is to increase the capacity of African nations to participate in multinational peace support operations. Daniel Stewart
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It's emotional to see the appreciation and the dedication that these African people have when they learn what they can do themselves to correct an ancient problem that may have been there 10,000 years or more, Jimmy Carter
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It's a bad deal for community lending. We've looked at Sovereign's existing lending in the market - from Philadelphia to Boston - and we found that in all of the markets we've looked at they disproportionately deny credit to people of color, African Americans and Latinos. Where credit is granted, they are much more likely to impose higher costs on people of color.
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It wasn't until I came to New York and started to see the African American community, but also the Ethiopian community here, and started to eat the food, started to understand the music. I said, you know, I got to go and understand the culture. So me and my sister went. Marcus Samuelsson
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It was created out of my personal interest and I took it to Dr. Woods, the head of the African American Studies department.
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It was commissioned by Center Theatre Group's youth program, ... They wanted something based on storytelling, something suitable for whole families. It was supposed to incorporate Br'er Rabbit tales. But once I got into it, I thought, 'Forget Br'er Rabbit. Use human beings.' There are so very, very many African, African American, Caribbean and slave narratives to work with.
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I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American. Herman Cain
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When I got my success, I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I've become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes. Jill Scott
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. James A. Baldwin
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As busy as I am wherever I am, I... Chris Gardner
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I never doubted my ability, but... Hank Aaron
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The most obvious criticism of aid is its links to rampant corruption. Aid flows destined to help the average African end up supporting bloated bureaucracies in the form of the poor-country governments and donor-funded non-governmental organizations. Dambisa Moyo
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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 literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison. J. M. Coetzee
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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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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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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.
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Tears were to me what glass beads are to African traders. Quentin Crisp
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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
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As a disciplined African head of state, I will follow the decisions of the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union on how to resolve the Ivorian conflict, Abdoulaye Wade
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A weaker currency combined with the continued expansion of the world economy could support South African manufacturers to become more competitive on the international market.
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Australia has always been a scary and daunting prospect for South African teams.