Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn't feature.
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that's why people gravitate to that so much.
The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with a list of black men that were qualified to be the president of the United States. So the Obama victory is progress for white people.
History is written by the winners. My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout.
No human being in history was all good or all bad, or all black or all white.
When the civil rights battle was won, all the Jews and hippies and artists were middle class white people and all the blacks were still poor. Materially, not much changed.
African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.
Black history is American history.