You can read this quote by Josephine Baker, from her autobiography, Josephine (1977), in Bartlett’s Familiar Black…
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“I was born in 1971 in Boulder, Colo. My mother, Terri Bailey (née Luther), is white (German-Irish) from Kentucky.…
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You can read this quote from Stepin Fetchit, which was said during a New York Times interview, in Bartlett’s…
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You can read this quote from Arna Bontemps, which appeared in his book Black Thunder (1936), in Bartlett’s Familiar…
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You can read this quote by C.L.R. James, from a manuscript, “The People of the Gold Coast” (1960), in Bartlett’s…
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Editor's note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment…
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You can read this quote from Louis Armstrong, which was referenced in his New York Times obituary, in Bartlett’s…
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You can read this quote from Howard Thurman, which appeared in Gil Bailie’s Violence Unveiled (1995), in Bartlett’s…
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You can read this quote by Buck O’Neil, from his book I Was Right on Time (1996), in Bartlett’s Familiar Black…
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“How can I research Ghanaian genealogy online?” —Hillary Osei
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You can read this quote by Queen Mother Moore, from her contributions to Brian Lanker’s book I Dream a World (1989),…
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You can read this quote by Marian Anderson, from her autobiography My Lord, What a Morning (1956), in Bartlett’s…
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You can read this quote by Amy Jacques Garvey, from her essay “Women as Leaders” (1925), in Bartlett’s Familiar…
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You can read this quote by Hattie McDaniel, from her acceptance speech at the 1940 Academy Awards, and other quotes…
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You can read this quote by Benjamin E. Mays, from his eulogy for Martin Luther King Jr. at Morehouse College in…
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You can read this quote by E. Franklin Frazier, from his book Black Bourgeoisie (1957), in Bartlett’s Familiar Black…
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You can read this quote from Claude McKay’s novel, Home to Harlem (1928), and other quotes from McKay, in Bartlett’s…
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