Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
A prominent African-American author and scholar, he is best known for his novels, Dreamer (1998) and Middle Passage (1990), which detail black life in America. His other works include such non-fiction titles as The Joy of Being Buddhist: Dharma Essays and Stories and Black Men Speaking.
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 April 1948
CityEvanston, IL
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We have to keep in mind that of all that we've heard in the media, not a single charge has been filed against a single football player,
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I'm extremely thankful. Without them, I don't know what I would do.
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It's where common sense and nonsense meet head-up, ... Barbershops are the black man's country club. You can say what you want, no matter how crazy it is.
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Is this a coincidence, an example of amazing cluelessness, or something more deliberate?
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(Brown) wasn't a professor here, he was only a student here.
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I told them (open shots) would be there if they would move the ball and run the offense. This was the best game we've played all the way through. (The offense) just clicked, and the boys did what they were supposed to do.
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There was still quite a bit of political eggshell-walking, but this marks the first time that Bush has identified and described the real goals of radical Islam - to re-establish the mythical caliphate and the global dominance of Islam,
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We can't say (the defense is ahead), but I think we had a good game today. All-around the defense has had a good spring.