Henry Hampton Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption.”
-- Henry Hampton

#Race #America #Black
“Everybody needs history but the people who need it most are poor folks - people without resources or options.”
-- Henry Hampton

#People #Needs #Poor
“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

#People #Important #Done
“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

#Crazy #Hands #Color
“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

#Boston #Class #People
“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

#Impact #People #Way

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