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Before Grandma died, she talked about family history in a way she had never done before, ... She was interested in family history, especially African American women. Jacqueline Woodson
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Cabinet noted the sterling work done by the South African Revenue Service in surpassing targets for revenue collection in the financial year just ended.
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But in the African and African American tradition, stories are fitted to an occasion. You have stories for holidays and for weddings and for horrible events.
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In effect, this fine tells the world that there is a very cheap price to be paid for rape of South African boys,
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In ancient African cultures, a young man was not considered a full member of the tribe, an elder, a man. He couldn't marry and he couldn't own land until he had killed a lion. It was symbolic. John Eldredge
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I'm the kind of person that when I saw a lack of African Americans in the apparel business, that was something I set out to do, and I lead by example. Daymond John
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I'm not surprised that they would attempt to create a false veneer of legitimacy by promoting their cause through the mouths of Jews and Israelis. It doesn't matter who is speaking; what matters is the content of the message, and that message of an analogy between South African apartheid and Zionism is false and extreme. David Friedman
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If there's a possibility that I can still go on the South African tour then so be it. If not we'll think about next season. Glenn McGrath
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I long for a South African society that's free of ideological forces - no society can ever really be free of ideological forces - but I wish it was free of power. Damon Galgut
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I just go to the ballpark and watch as the media buzz around me. Especially if the Red Sox are playing. I hang out on the field before the game. I visit the clubhouses. The rumors start flying like base hits off one of those South African pitchers we faced in the World Baseball Classic. Good times. Roger Clemens
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He's redefining a tradition that traditionally excluded African Americans and arguing that you can take an institution like that and make it empowering.
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I don't think I'll be looking at any video of South African hitters to get ready for the game.
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I don't know how many African Americans are left in the city, but it's not that many. There is not enough labor to rebuild the city, and filling the vacuum are the Hispanics.
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It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy of violence and massacre, not the African people .... It was further argued that it is wrong and indefensible for a political Organization to repudiate picketing, whi Nelson Mandela
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It's a fascinating project. It's fascinating because it will broaden people's understanding about the historical context of Little Tokyo and the migration southward of Central Avenue and of African Americans.
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It's what we are about. Everything we do involves educating people about who we are and West African food.
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It's very typical of South African women. When you deal with a country with harsh landscapes, where life isn't really convenient, the nature of the beast is that you do what you have to do. The Angel
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I want to be a champion of African American work, but I'm defined by more than race, Kenny Leon
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It turns out that every person alive today can trace his or her ancestry back to Africa. Everyone's DNA tells a story of a journey from an African homeland to wherever you live. Spencer Wells
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It won't be 'this is the only chance you're ever going to get', it will be a run (of games) and hopefully he can take the opportunity and can produce something. As a South African team I believe we need to take a few more risks with certain selections going forward. Graeme Smith
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They are there because the western world in the security council asked them to go there. And we let them do the job with bound hands.... if you do not give them the resources. The African countries do not have the equipment that is necessary to intervene and to control such a battle... so if you ask the African soldiers to do the dirty work, give them the tools.
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They were asking for the money for qualifying for the African Cup of Nations - as some kind of morale booster. Stephen Keshi
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It's going to take a while before you see a lot of African American drivers out there, but one day it will happen. Bill Lester
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For African leaders to stand up and reject someone whose turn it is because of his human rights record could be a real coming of age.
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For African American ideals, "The Promised Land" is not a land to be "reclaimed" after hundreds, or even thousands, of years, citing God as the real estate agent. The Promised Land doesn't echo the injustices of the past by, in part, replicating them upon others. The Promised Land is the creation of a just society with an appreciation for the diversity of all humanity and equality for all.
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For African American ideals, ""The Promised Land"" is not a land to be ""reclaimed"" after hundreds, or even thousands, of years, citing God as the real estate agent. The Promised Land doesn't echo the injustices of the past by, in part, replicating them upon others. The Promised Land is the creation of a just society with an appreciation for the diversity of all humanity and equality for all.
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Football is a personal interest which has been turned into a philanthropic initiative directed at encouraging social cohesion during the difficult process of African modernisation.
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For a lot of African American women, it's very affirming to come to this show. You finally see yourself for an hour and a half and it's in a positive light. And you're not the sex object or the mammy, you know, that there's a gamut.
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Don't let anyone rob you of hope. Pope Francis
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Imagine what a harmonious world it... Quincy Jones
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Journalists become candidates for cardiac arrest when they see or hear an African American disagreeing with an African American. We would become inauthentic if we did not have disagreements with this president. John Conyers
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If we do with Latinos what we did with African-Americans, Republicans and conservatives will be doomed. Karl Rove
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Enthusiasm is everything. It must... Pele