Nobody understands, like this audience will, the contortions a successful African-American man has to make to fit in but stand out, to be strong but not intimidate or frighten, to be black enough but not too black.
But not every young black American wants to be an athlete and presumably one of the main reasons for the falling numbers of top-class African-American boxers isn't that they're linemen or running backs in the NFL, or centres in the NBA. Rather, it's because they've taken Ali at his word.
In making such arguments, Holder insists that black history is not only good for black Americans but vital for the entire country.
But Obama is not only a black man, he is also a national politician.
Drugs it acquired from mergers may get it in the black, but not as early as predicted.
And in contrast to their counterparts in the United States, Brazilians of mixed race are likely to be seen, and see themselves, not as black but as white or brown.
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Much of the time Roger looks either haunted or absent, not a black hole but a gray one.
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But black conservatives that are not willing to espouse some of the values that they have on the CCC, they will not support.
Mr Hartwell said he was open to suggestions for a suitable venue for next year's prize-giving ceremony, but that it would not be a black tie event.
And one of the facts about British-born Caribbean men that most distresses their womenfolk is that, of those in employment, more than half choose not a black partner but a white one.
Fifa compromised by allowing the British teams to wear poppies - which honour those killed in war - on black armbands, but not stitched on to the shirt like in the Premier League (pictured).
But the difference here is that Senator McCain wants to make the case that he is not about so much winning black votes but winning white moderate votes, the swing votes that are going to be key to determining the outcome of the fall election.
Half of those interviewed were black, but they did not consider the unrest to be "race riots".
But Egypt-Iran relations are not as black-and-white as they may seem.
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And Bob Harris of BBC Radio 2 described Brown as a "massive influence, not just for black music but also for so many white music fans who were so strongly motivated and influenced by the music he made".
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My mother says she never thought in her life, she'd live to see this moment and there's no way that she will not make history by pulling that lever for progress what the American people have shown, not just black Americans, but this is for all Americans because none of us can do it alone.
But his talk of unity, his avoidance of blame, and his promise to end the war all seem intended to gesture to a similar prospect of redemption: not only for black people but for white people (for voting for a black man), for Republicans (for embracing unity with a Democrat), and for Americans (for saying to the world that the war was a mistake).
But that of course does not mean that all black males are admitted to a prestigious school due to affirmative action.
The use and scope of NGI, which kicked off a pilot program in February, will likely be questioned not just by black helicopter watchers but privacy advocates as well.
Home ownership has been an important vehicle in creating a solid white middle class, but it has not done the same for most black homeowners, because blacks and whites buy homes in very different neighborhoods.
The inhabitants of Taltal, for instance, a small fishing and mining town in northern Chile, on Independence Day last month bedecked the town not with the traditional national standard but with black flags, in mourning for lost jobs.
Urban centers in the South have been trending more Democratic in recent years, buoyed not just by the black vote but younger voters -- including students and Northern transplants who move South for the improved quality of life.
And so that then gives us an opportunity to have a conversation not only with black folks, but also with white folks and Latinos and others, who also may be experiencing some sort of institutional structural barriers towards opportunity.
"This is a key test, not just for the black vote, but also a key test for the Democrats in terms of heading South, " she said.
But the sky was cloudless, and as the sun rose everyone settled down and some even nodded off, which Jake Early regretted, feeling that when the Union soldiers came they should find black folk not at their ease but smartly arrayed as a welcoming company of free men and women.
He can say listen, I went not only to the NAACP convention, but campaigned in black communities early on.
So while they will not admit publicly that the issue is anything but black-and-white, the two sides will try to win mini-victories.
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Add a team of defence lawyers clever both in argument and in composition (including not just a man in a wheelchair but a young black woman).
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