WHEN I was 13 and heard James Brown sing "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud," it was an anthem. It was an official affirmation of our presence in 1968, the same year that America, in its racial sloth, enacted the Fair Housing Act. |
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WHEN I was 13 and heard James Brown sing "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud," it was an anthem. It was an official affirmation of our presence in 1968, the same year that America, in its racial sloth, enacted the Fair Housing Act. |
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