Racism is a disease of democracy. Our country could be one of the greatest countries that god ever imagined, were it not for this thing of racism…This grand experiment that is America is tainted by racism and bigotry, and these kinds of hatreds…This ridiculous thing of racism.”
Encyclopaedia Africana P
September 3, 2020
PAUL ROBESON
I do have increased respect for Paul Robeson who, over the span of twenty years, sacrificed himself, his career and the wealth and comfort he once enjoyed because, I believe, he was sincerely trying to help his people.
C Encyclopaedia Africana
August 29, 2020
CHADWICK BOSEMAN
“We knew that we could create a world that exemplified a world we wanted to see. We knew that we had something to give.”
Listening Tree Narrative (LT)
August 29, 2020
ACTOR CHADWICK BOSEMAN DIES AGED 43
Asked about his own childhood heroes and icons, Boseman cited political leaders and musicians: Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Bob Marley, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest and Prince.