Charles Diggs famous quotes

In talking about the [Emmett Till murder trial], you have to repeat the atmosphere. This is Mississippi in 1955, with a long history of intimidation of witnesses and fear on the part of blacks to testify, in racial situations in particular. For someone like Mose Wright and others to testify against white defendants in a situation like this was historic.
-- Charles Diggs

#Talking #White #Long

I think the picture in Jet magazine showing Emmett Till's mutilation was probably the greatest media product in the last forty or fifty years because that picture stimulated a lot of interest and anger on the part of blacks all over the country.
-- Charles Diggs

#Country #Thinking #Lynching

You'll learn more in a day talking to customers than a week of brainstorming, a month of watching competitors, or a year of market research.

Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.

All really frank people are amusing, and would remain so if they could remember that other people may sometimes want to be frank and amusing too.

Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.

The white sun like a moth on a string circles the southpole.

The great joy of doing 'The Daily Show' for me is that I get to sit on the fence between cultures. I am commenting on the absurdity of both sides as an outsider and insider. Sometimes I'm playing the brown guy, and sometimes I'm not, but the best stuff I do always goes back to being a brown kid in a white world.

All the Muslims are happy, and Godwilling this earthquake... will be felt right up to the White House.

How long does getting thin take?

Krishnamacharya's personal practice was always with long deep breathing and mental focus. Observe the position of his head, the lower abdomen and his mental focus. He was always concentrated on the inner alignment through breath.

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.