“I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.”
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.