Willard Wigan Quotes
When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in history.
Willard Wigan
Quotes to Explore
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From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation.
W. E. B. Du Bois
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The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
Gary Johnson
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I'm usually late to the game on shows and watch them after they've aired. But I love 'House of Cards,' 'The Killing,' 'Orange Is the New Black,' loved 'True Detective,' and 'Arrested Development' when it was on. Also 'The Wire,' though I was way late to the game on that.
Finn Wittrock
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
Samuel L. Jackson
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One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
Gabourey Sidibe
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Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality for somebody else. Let's pass it on. Let's pass it on to somebody else. At the end of the day, it is all about inequality.
Wanda Sykes
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It's true that eviction affects the young and the old, the sick and the able-bodied. It affects white folks and black folks and Hispanic folks and immigrants. If you spend time in housing court, you see a really diverse array of folks there.
Matthew Desmond
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Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation... none was more alarming, from a feminist point of view, than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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My friends in the Congress, I have known Coretta King since I went south during the civil rights movement as a lawyer. She was a vibrant, consistent, totally dedicated partner with her husband.
John Conyers
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When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in history.
Willard Wigan
