I am not your negro

A "radical examination of race in America" here. Baldwin said he left America for Paris with only $40 in his pocket to roam the streets as he couldn't do any worse than the USA with all the racism.

hungry dogs run faster

 

powerful 20th century voice

"Humanity over race."
- James Baldwin [1924-1987]

high tensions

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
- JFK [1917-1963]

melanin

"Throughout history, we have found all kinds of reasons to put ourselves above other people."
- Barack Obama

champ

"If you're completely in control, you're not in the race."
- Mario Andretti

eruption

A common belief was that chimps would be produced by inter-racial relationships.

Photograph by Garry Winogrand.

"There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Image source here.

public service

A related photo here.

Race in Sports

Image source here.