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“Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals they have a strong affection, and are helpful to them in many ways.”
“I rebel at the notion that I can't be part of other groups, that I can't construct identities through elective affinity, that race must be the most important thing about me. Is that what I want on my gravestone: Here lies an African American?”
| Brooks Adams, Historian (1848) |
| Peter Bart, Editor (1932) |
| Rebecca Harding Davis, Author (1831) |
| Jack Dempsey, Athlete (1895) |
| Anita Desai, Novelist (1937) |
| Juan Manuel Fangio, Celebrity (1911) |
| Mick Fleetwood, Musician (1942) |
| Iain Glen, Actor (1961) |
| Pete Hamill, Journalist (1935) |
| Phil Harris, Musician (1904) |
| Stuart Davis, Artist (1964) |
| Albert Ellis, Psychologist (2007) |
| Jackie Gleason, Actor (1987) |
| Tony Hancock, Comedian (1968) |
| Sarah Orne Jewett, Author (1909) |
| Frank King, Cartoonist (1969) |