"We don't dwell on the tragedy of slavery. We want to create an appreciation for the context in which African-Americans became Americans."
| A quote from David Terry, director of collections for Baltimore's Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, in Kim Hart's Baltimore Sun article "The new look of African-American history"
"When the African-Americans would read in the Bible about Ethiopia, they would say: 'Well that's us, that's Africa.' They were able to use that to inspire them throughout the whole period of slavery. [...] It's so important for us, like the Chinese or the Koreans, to have our own little village, or little area, so that we can be proud of ourselves. We want to show the Americans our culture and traditions"
"Everything that is historic by Europe is preserved, is honoured, cherished. Everything that's American should be done the same way - still call it a Black Broadway. The Ethiopian community is a great community, but they must understand that they are our guests. This is an American community. African-American contributions should be acknowledged and preserved just like anybody else's contribution."
"Ethiopia is African-American history. There are many different cultures within the whole African-American community and I think that it's important that we grab hold of each culture, each country. We need to love one another."
| Quotes from local Ethiopian American cultural centre head Andrew Laurence, Washington jazz club HR57 director Terry Prassard and student/waitress Jennifer Blake in James Coomarasamy's BBC News article "Washington row over 'Little Ethiopia'" on the capital city's move to give its Ninth and U district -- a jazz-music heritage-steeped neighborhood that has been recently revitalized by Ethiopian immigrants' businesses -- a new moniker
"Up until 10 years ago, most studies were done with just white men, but nobody ever thought of labeling a drug for white men only."
| A quote from B. Waine Kong, CEO of the Atlanta-based Association of Black Cardiologists, in Katie Merx's Detroit Free Press article "Drug intended for blacks on the way: Heart medication raises ethical issues" Kong says his association doesn't think BiDil should be marketed just to African-American patients; rather, its label should say only that the drug was found effective in a study of 1,050 African-Americans.
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