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“It is only with the rise of the Civil Rights Movement that you begin to see different examinations of not only Reconstruction but slavery itself, and there is a lesson to be drawn here about how the times influence the writing of history, something that we should never forget.”

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Gerald Horne is a significant figure in the field of identity定位. Born on January 3, 1949, he has had a life spanning over 70 years. In terms of life experience, Horne has made remarkable contributions to the field of achievements and contributions with his unique perspective and in-depth research. His work has had a profound impact on the field of evaluation. more

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“Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict.”

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“As long as colonialism was allowed to reign and fester in Africa, it was going to be a source of tension, if not war, as was evidenced by World War I itself, which, among other things, featured Germany on one side of the barricades and Britain, which had come earlier to the table of colonial plunder, on the other.”

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“In order to better charge Moscow with human rights violations, the United States had to bend with regard to the more excessive aspects of Jim Crow. It had to yield to the insistent cries on the ground here in this country.”

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“I once wrote that Black Americans are involved in an intriguing experiment to see if an oppressed minority can continue to march forward if there is not a strong and vibrant left-wing and radical movement. That's not an experiment I would recommend, although the story is still unfolding and we will see how it unfolds, but they are not the sort of conditions in which an oppressed minority should have to struggle.”

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“The Africans were oftentimes allied with the antagonist of the Republic. Now, you may want to step back and ask yourself why that might be. It may lead you to a reconsideration of the origins of the nation now known as the United States of America. As opposed to seeing it in the same vein as the French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution, you might see it in the same vein as the revolt against British rule in Rhodesia in 1965, and, if so, that might help to shed light on why conservatism is so deeply entrenched in this republic.”

“Cuba was in some ways a de facto state of the United States before 1959, given its proximity and given its neocolonial status.”

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“In the era of slavery, you could be a so-called Afro-Cuban one day and a so-called Black American the next day, or vice versa. I mean there was all this back and forth, and there was a lot of opposition in Black America to slavery in Cuba in particular, because slavery in Cuba lasted until the 1880s.”

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“I think - particularly in terms of the destiny of Africans in North America - our destiny has also been shaped indelibly by global alliances.”

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“I shudder to think where we people of African descent would be without our allies in the international community. It's been our everything, quite frankly.”

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