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Related There are very few places in Florida where African-American families can revisit some of their cultu... GARY LIBBY MARCIA FUDGE Curvy African-American women were celebrated. These girls didn't experience anxiety and shame about ... GAYLE BROOKS The tide of mega-gatherings among African-American families is high and rising. STEPHEN CRISWELL The tide of mega-gatherings among African American families is high and rising. The more threats tha... STEPHEN CRISWELL The tide of mega-gatherings among African-American families is high and rising. The more threats tha... STEPHEN CRISWELL MATT KEMP Gosnell is African American, and there is a persistent myth that serial killers are all white men. B... ANN MCELHINNEY RICHARD ROTHSTEIN I don't think there is such a definition of a perfect family, but I do think that our marriages ... LEAH WARD SEARS It is profoundly discouraging to learn that the share of African-American kids attending segregated ... DAVID PLANK Our unions do a large amount of organizing in parts of the economy that historically and recently ar... ANDY STERN JOHN LEWIS It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R... JANELLE MONAE FAYE WATTLETON BILL BRADLEY Having roughly the same purchasing power as Hispanics, African Americans tend to be left behind when... DON MONTUORI [I] would argue that native-born blacks are so vastly less "African" than actual Africans that calli... JOHN MCWHORTER The response from the community has been overwhelming. There's a huge sense of pride that there are ... GAIL RICHARDS KILROY J. OLDSTER We are excited to continue to be a sponsor of NABJ. Through our partnerships and sponsorship of prom... EDD SNYDER He wanted to let them know he was thinking of them and their families throughout this holiday, and t... ALLEN ABNEY It's going to take a while before you see a lot of African American drivers out there, but one day i... BILL LESTER BOBBY SCOTT AUGUST WILSON There is one unmistakable lesson in American history: A community that allows a large number of youn... DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN DON LEMON We do community canvases throughout the year using artists that are well known. But because the work... BEN CLARK People who don't know what it's like to be an African American don't understand that it's OK, ... I ... JACQUELINE WOODSON I had this idea that I wanted to do this mixture of visions of African American women and visions of... FAITH RINGGOLD JEFF SESSIONS We are awed by their sacrifice and their bravery, and we want them and their families to know that t... TOM DASCHLE I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would ... GABRIELLE UNION BENJAMIN TODD JEALOUS Many African-American students are half American Indian as well. BRENT COX The president wished them a Merry Christmas and thanked them for their service to our country. He ju... ALLEN ABNEY EDWARD KENNEDY There are many African-Americans who really don't know what their family history is, and so they're ... ELBRA WEDGEWORTH BET.com is designed to be the pre-eminent African-American portal, ... This will not affect their fu... DEBRA LEE This is how to understand America. So having the Museum of African American History and Culture on t... LONNIE BUNCH African-American history is not something that can be put on display solely during the month of Febr... ROBERT HALL FEISAL ABDUL RAUF African-American males are where we are shortest. KATHLEEN SMITH RYAN COOGLER I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the... ANITA HILL We found that American Indians and Alaska Natives, African Americans and Hispanics are more likely t... HOWARD BEALES We want to emphasize community. We want to be self-sufficient and that means the community, and not ... JACQUIE SMALL In some ways, this museum in Washington gets to do something very important, ... It can be a lens to... LONNIE BUNCH J. C. WATTS I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of Amer... BARBARA MIKULSKI It's been quite a large increase, both in the number of families and in the size of their bills. Man... MAJ. CAPE GRICE It can mean thousands of dollars in additional costs to American families. And those with higher deb... MARK BRENNER From my perception, I don't think he's made explicit efforts to win favor in the African-American co... CHRISTOPHER BORICK GWEN MOORE RUSSEL HONORE We have some things to point to that we think are successful. We had a record number of interviews t... CYRUS MEHRI We're a new organization of five young, African-American ministers. We're encouraging African-Americ... THURSTON WIGGINS African-American voters will make a difference. KEN WARREN AASIF MANDVI After Nigeria, we are the second biggest black African nation. We are the headquarters of the Africa... MELES ZENAWI Another special thing about our bridal show is that we are incorporating cultural wedding traditions... FLORENCE BELCHER It will tell the stories of African-American culture from slavery through civil rights. LONNIE BUNCH DONALD TRUMP RAND PAUL It's sad that on the eve of the selection of the first African American presiding officer, that this... FRED BREWINGTON EDWARD KENNEDY JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD Witnesses report that a large number of bodies were taken to Urosevac ... where their disposition is... JAMES FOLEY The staff and one of our PTO subcommittees have worked very hard to develop a calendar of activities... HARLEY WILLIAMS Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU [In the auto industry, for example,] There is no American car made that does not have parts made by ... EARL GRAVES These findings suggest that there is much more that needs to be done to bring the American dream wit... JEFFREY LUBELL I think what this lawsuit does is say that there are some officers in the department that have some ... LAWRENCE WILLIAMSON [The requirement] is most likely to prevent Georgia's elderly, poor and African-American voters from... HAROLD MURPHY African American adolescents are more likely to delay early initiation of sexual activities if monit... BARBARA DANCY We have to stop pretending the situation is not critical. There is a body of literature out there th... CAROLYN PHILLIPS A tournament coming to town brings a large number of people outside of the players. In addition to c... JAMES CRAMER My background is working with kids that are going through addiction issues, and their families. BARRIE HEWER Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice. HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember... MICHAEL ERIC DYSON To suggest that these African-American leaders would somehow shortchange their own citizens is absol... JOHN BREAUX It's not just a small number of family members but a large number of family members, and also the Am... LEE IELPI African-Americans are not a monolithic group. So, we tend to talk about the black community, the bla... MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER Our union will continue to do its job of standing for American working families. RON CAREY MARK KIRK And it was from Boston that one in every six American families began their journey into the land of ... THOMAS MENINO We're urging the African-American community to come out to donate blood. We want to fulfill that nee... DONALD BAILEY I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American Presid... ERIC HOLDER It was commissioned by Center Theatre Group's youth program, ... They wanted something based on stor... CHARLAYNE WOODARD In the African-American community, we struggle with a lot of health problems that have a lot to do w... MARVIN SAPP African-American history is American history. JOYCE WILLIAMS Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't w... GABRIELLE UNION STAN SMITH I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health... ED PASTOR WANGARI MAATHAI You have to look at African-American turnout, particularly in Prince George's County. If that turns ... CARLOS WATSON Having American refugees on American soil is heartbreaking, ... In Rhode Island and all across the c... MATT BROWN I believe in the traditional American family, and I will do everything that I can to promote, you kn... RICK SCOTT KELLYANNE CONWAY
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African Ameri... 
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I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community... 
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It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that... 
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