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The act of writing for the slave constituted the act of creating a public, historical self, not only the self of the individual author but also the self, as it were, of the race.

The act of writing for the slave constituted the act of creating a public, historical self, not only the self of the individual author but also the self, as it were, of the race.

Henry Louis Gates
Writing, Race, Self
Henry Louis Gates (1989). “Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the "racial" Self”, p.108, Oxford University Press on Demand

The first slave to read and write was the first to run away.

Henry Louis Gates
Running, Writing, Firsts
Source: www.motherjones.com

Very few Black people ever embraced back to Africa movements, and very few actually, a tiny number actually went back to Africa. They said, "We are going to make America live up to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States." They produced one of the world's great cultures; they produced individuals who were just as brilliant and made contributions to the world civilization. In fact, they produced a world-class civilization, the African American civilization, in music, in dance, in oratory, in religion, in writing.

Henry Louis Gates
Writing, Civilization, Class
"Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 21, 2013.

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