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“Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,”
“When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.”
| Ella Baker, Activist (1903) |
| Herman Cain, Businessman (1945) |
| Emily Carr, Artist (1871) |
| John Davidson, Celebrity (1941) |
| Tom DeLonge, Musician (1975) |
| Anna Eshoo, Politician (1942) |
| Steve Forbert, Musician (1955) |
| Otylia Jedrzejczak, Athlete (1983) |
| Ferguson Jenkins, Athlete (1943) |
| NeNe Leakes, Actress (1967) |
| Ella Baker, Activist (1986) |
| Eileen Caddy, Celebrity (2006) |
| Lord Edward Cecil, Soldier (1918) |
| Christian Furchtegott Gellert, Poet (1769) |
| Konrad Von Gesner, Scientist (1565) |
| Samuel Johnson, Author (1784) |
| Wassily Kandinsky, Artist (1944) |