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Henry Louis Gates Quotes: The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience.
         

The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience.


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In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become sensitive to it.

In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become sensitive to it.



The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.

The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.



The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.

The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.



In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the saints are black.

In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the saints are black.



We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.

We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.



I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten.

I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten.



Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.

Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.



Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried.

Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried.



Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within 'black community' by and large.

Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within 'black community' by and large.



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You have to have a canon so the next generation can come along and explode it.





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I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.



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Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you are.



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Criticism of my alleged views was widespread and highly successful. I have yet to meet a criticism of my views.



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But memory is an autumn leaf that murmurs a while in the wind and then is heard no more.



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I do not believe that any two men, on what are called doctrinal points, think alike who think at all. It is only those who have not thought that appear to agree.

I do not believe that any two men, on what are called doctrinal points, think alike who think at all. It is only those who have not thought that appear to agree.




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