"The freedmen were not really free in 1865, nor are most of their descendants really free in 1965. Slavery was but one aspect of a race and color problem that is still far from solution here, or anywhere. In America particularly, the grapes of wrath have not yet yielded all their bitter vintage."

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Source : Samuel Eliot Morison (1972). “The Oxford history of the American people”, Signet

Samuel Eliot Morison

#Wrath Quotes #Race Quotes #Color Quotes

“With exposure also comes more judgement and opinion so I think now is the time for me to just really solidify a safe space and be around people who are encouraging, supportive, and challenging in a healthy way. With what happened during the 2016 election, now is the time that we should feel our most brave and most fearless.”

Source : Source: www.ebony.com
“Perhaps I wasn't going crazy after all. Perhaps I was just becoming a writer.”
“[L]et us work to rid ourselves of our attacks of over-zealousness especially when it offends against respect, esteem, and charity.”
“Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.”
“I didn't start out to chart the skies; it's just no one had done it before.”
“Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves.”
“Sometimes, the people who are helping you can drop the ball.”

Source : Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. March 5, 2003.
“[Leonardo DiCaprio] is so cool. He was one of the coolest, down-to-earth people that I think I've ever met. I've never experienced meeting someone like that, [who could] just be so cool and down-to-earth and welcoming.”

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