T. D. Jakes Quotes
We Blacks have never had a President; we’ve only had preachers.
T. D. Jakes, Protestant Bishop, State of Black America Forum, Washington DC, February 3, 2001
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Pickering referred to Jefferson as the “Negro President” because he believed his presidential power rested on the shoulders of slavery.
While there were many Americans who were not ready, the majority surprised most of the world, and even many who disagreed with his policies approved of him and liked him.
In the early 20th century, Carver and Du Bois were the two most important Negro leaders in America. However, they disagreed over tactics. Carver tended to believe that if the Negro would be educated and trained for meaningful occupations, he would rise in the eyes of the whites and discrimination would diminish. Du Bois was more cynical as can be seen in this quotation as he looked back on history when he was 95 and close to death. He had the advantage at this time of seeing that Washington’s strategy had failed, but he opposed Washington on this from the beginning. Most whites preferred Washington’s view as whites were relived of immediate moral responsibility for racism and the burden was placed on Blacks to train, develop and display themselves as worthy. It was only when very large numbers of Blacks had done this and nothing much changed in terms of civil and economic rights, that it was clear that Washington’ view had been hopelessly naïve.
While President Barack Obama was primarily frequently insulted by white conservatives, black left-wingers also went after him.
Note that Nixon attributed Rogers views on Blacks to the fact that Roers was from New York City which Nixon viewed as a hotbed of liberals and minorities. This quotation was uncovered in 2010 when more of the Nixon White House tapes were released. Nixon tended to have the worst stereotyped view of all minority groups. The implication of the inbreeding is a high percentage of mental retardation. It was never been established that the Black slaves in America were inbred as they came from many different tribes and slave owners did not attempt to have slaves of a single or even two tribes. There was a great deal of diversity. If anything Southern Whites were in danger of inbreeding as it was the custom for many first cousins to marry. This was just another of Nixon’s hateful, racial remarks based on no foundation of fact.
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She was one of the first prominent white southerners to denounce racial segregation.
At the time segregation was legal, Southern Blacks could not vote, racism was rampant, and a Black President seemed impossible.
Jackson was a civil rights worker who was murdered by white racists trying to intimidate Blacks from their desegregation efforts. King broadened the moral responsibility to those who did not oppose the segregationist system prevalent in the South.
Billy Sunday was the most famous preacher of the day. Unlike the vast majority of white preachers, he not only preached to black audiences but exuded an atmosphere of friendliness and comfort around Blacks that amazed most. Most Black leaders thought Sunday was very good for race relations, but there were some critics like Grimke. Sunday was castigated by many racist whites for preaching to Blacks, but he did not go as far as to condemn or preach against racism and the discrimination of the day and he would not preach to an integrated audience. See {585416} for another critique.
After emancipation of the slaves legislation and the enforcement thereof were needed to produce freedom. Congress passed much legislation but the Southern anti-Negro forces made enforcement difficult and finally impossible. It would be 100 years before civil rights became a reality in the South and many other parts of the nation.
Johnson was the first Black man who won the heavyweight championship at a time when racism in America was rampant. Many whites referred to Jeffries as “The Great White Hope” who would take the champion back for the whites. He didn’t and was beaten badly.
Thomas Dexter Jakes Sr., known as T. D. Jakes, is an American bishop, author and filmmaker. He is the bishop of The Potter's House, a non-denominational American megachurch. Jakes's church services and evangelistic sermons are broadcast on The Potter's Touch.
