“All I did in Chicago was to exercise my legal right to speak on my own behalf and I was given four years in jail as a result. But I think the most serious injustice perpetrated by the court system in America is the inability of a black man to get a jury of his peers.” ThinkingMenYearsAmericaSpeakGivenBlackMy OwnResultsFourSeriousExerciseCourtInjusticeJailChicagoFour YearsPeersBehalfInabilityJuryCourt System Author:Bobby Seale
“Obama wouldn't have been voted president if he weren't black. Somebody asked me over the weekend why does somebody earn a lot of money have a lot of money, because she's black. It was Oprah. No, it can't be. Yes, it is. There's a lot of guilt out there, show we're not racists, we'll make this person wealthy and big and famous and so forth.... If Obama weren't black he'd be a tour guide in Honolulu or he'd be teaching Saul Alinsky constitutional law or lecturing on it in Chicago.” IfsPersonsDoeHas BeensShowsBigsLawBlackPresidentTeachingStupidGuiltGuidesRacistWealthyChicagoWeekendLots Of MoneyHatefulConstitutional LawLecturingHonoluluTour Guides Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I personally have never trusted museums. ... It is because museums, broadly speaking, live off of the art and artifacts of others, often art and artifacts that have been obtained by dubious means. But they also manipulate whatever it is they present to the public; hence, until Judy Chicago, in the 1970s ... few women artists were hung in any major museum. Indian artists? Artifacts only, please. Black artists? Something musical, maybe? And so forth.” MeanHas BeensArtArtistBlackPleaseMajorsMusicalIndianMuseumsChicagoTrustedHungManipulateNever TrustDubiousArtifactsWoman Artist Author:Alice Walker
“Phunny Business is a breezy, vivid, funny, star-studded and delightful valentine to comedy, entrepreneurship and the All-American impulse to make something out of nothing. The story of comedy club owner/inveterate dreamer Raymond Lambert and his heroic quest to create a safe, productive place for black stand-up comedians to hone their craft and find their voices isn't just a great Chicago story and a great comedy story: it's a flat-out great story, lovingly and engagingly told.” StoriesStarsBlackVoiceComedySafeClubsCraftsEntrepreneurshipImpulseComedianProductiveOwnersFlatsChicagoDreamerHeroicQuestsValentineDelightfulVividStand Up ComedianComedy ClubsBreezyGreat Comedy Author:Nathan Rabin
“If 'The Wild One' were filmed today, Marlon Brando and the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club would all have to wear helmets. I used to be afraid that when (Hells) Angels became movie stars and Cal the hero of the book, the bikerider would perish on the coffee tables of America. But now I think that this attention doesn't have the strength of reality of the people it aspires to know, and that as long as Harley-Davidsons are manufactured other bikeriders will appear, riding unknown and beautiful through Chicago, into the streets of Cicero.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsLongBookRealityTodayAmericaBeautifulUsedStarsBlackAttentionHellStreetsHeroAngelTablesClubsCoffeeUsed To BeChicagoRebelRidingAspireMovie StarMotorcycleHelmetBrandoHarleyHarley DavidsonHells AngelsWild One Author:Danny Lyon