I am proud of these people not because of their color but because of their intelligence and their spiritual force and their beauty. The country should be proud of them, too, but, alas, not many people in this country even know of their existence. And the reason for this ignorance is that a knowledge of the role these people played-and play-in American life would reveal more about America to Americans than Americans wish to know.
( James Baldwin )
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