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I used to want the words, "She tried," on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it."
~ Katherine Dunham

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."
~ Miles Davis

“We are each other’s magnitude and bond.”
~ Gwendolyn Brooks

"Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it."
~ James Baldwin

The emotional, sexual and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: "It's a girl."
~ Shirley Chisholm

Wade in the water, Wade in the water, children. Wade in the water, God's goin' to trouble the water.
~ African American Spiritual

Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.
~ Satchel Paige

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Kwame Anthony Appiah "Being Du Bois: Lessons in the Management of Identities" Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah delivered the inaugural Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Lecture, an annual event administered by the Dept. of African American Studies.
Latisha Campbell - TEDXYALE- LaTisha Campbell - I am a Radical: Changing the Odds LaTisha Campbell - "I am a Radical: Changing the Odds"
Jonathan Holloway TEDxYale 2013: Jonathan Holloway: "Home" 'Can you actually find home in a place you've never been? At TEDxYale 2013, recently, Jonathan Holloway delivered an affecting talk about his visit to the coastal region of Ghana, to the slave castle Elmina, where he experienced unexpected emotions complicating the answer to his question about finding "home."
Jonathan Holloway African American History: From Emancipation to the Present View AFAM 162: African American History: From Emancipation to the Present lectures by Jonathan Holloway.
Richard Blanco Inaugural Poet Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco at Yale Poet Richard Blanco read his inaugural poem, "One Today," held a conversation with Elizabeth Alexander, President Obama's inaugural poet in 2009, and participated in a q&a with the audience, at Yale on Feb. 5, 2013.