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Henry Hampton quotes

American Activist August 19, 1940 – November 22, 1998

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Henry Hampton quote: "If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life...."
If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption. Henry Hampton
On the one hand, there is no reason that a black person needs to live a portion of his or her life being concerned about the people of color around him. On the other hand, if you don't you're crazy. Henry Hampton
What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven't sensed that possibility you don't get started in the same way, you don't feel you can have an impact. Henry Hampton
Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what do you do after that? The black community doesn't have institutions that pick up such moments and preserve them. Henry Hampton
Food might be more immediately important than history but if you don't understand what's been done to you - by your own people and the so-called "they" - you can never get around it. Henry Hampton
We don't have a full black community in Boston. Our people are scattered. There's a middle class where I live in Highland Park but it's not like a piece of Washington or Chicago. Henry Hampton
Henry Hampton quote: "Everybody needs history but the people who need it most are..."
Everybody needs history but the people who need it most are poor folks - people without resources or options. Henry Hampton

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