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Muhammad Ali (1942-) statement after losing his first fight to Ken Norton, March 31, 1973
Muhammad Ali (1942- )The Greatest (1975)
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Maya Angelou (1928-) “Still I rise,” And Still I Rise (1978)
Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong (1900-1971) reply when asked what jazz is
Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) quoted in Sports Illustrated, July 1991
James Baldwin (1924-1987)Nobody Knows My Name (1961)
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) “Certain Unalienable Rights,” What the Negro Wants, edited by Rayford W. Logan (1944)
Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932)The Marrow of Tradition (1901)
(Leroy) Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) speech given in San Francisco in 1968
Lucille Clifton (1936-) “Admonitions,” Good Times (1969)
Sadie Delany (1889-1999)Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, written with sister Bessie Delany (1993)
Frederick Douglass (1818?-1895)Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845)
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963)The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
Katherine Dunham (1910-2006) quoted in Black Pearls by Eric V. Copage (1993)
Marian Wright Edelman ((1939-)The Measure of Our Success (1992)
Ernest J. Gaines (1933-) interview with John O’Brien in African American Writers (1991)
Langston Hughes (1902-1967) “Harlem” (1951)
Zora Neale Hurston (1901?-1960) “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” (1928)
Jesse Jackson (1941) speech given at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco on July 17, 1984
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) Lift Every Voice and Sing, stanza 2 (1900)
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TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
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The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
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Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Current Events This Week: January 2023
African Americans by the Numbers
Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
