“party of Lincoln and the African-American people have an incredible history together.”
Ken Mehlman
“I became interested in all the history of African-American people that had been left out of school and history books.”
Jacqui Lewis
“But what I learned from my experience in living in a community of almost all African-American people, and what I learned from my experience in living in my own community in Oklahoma before the relocation is that poor people have a much, much greater capacity for solving their own problems than most people give them credit for.”
Wilma Mankiller
“African-American history is American history.”
Joyce Williams
“One of the themes throughout African-American history, going back to before the Civil War, is many African-Americans viewing themselves as a nation, or a nationality, within the borders of the United States.”
Michael Dawson
“Growing up and knowing how hard it is for African-American people to sometimes get things in life you really appreciate this opportunity.”
Rod Higgins
“In English we were reading the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' and the people of African-American descent, there were only two of us in the class.”
Todd Davis
