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In the Heat of the Night. Directed by Norman Jewison, The Mirisch Corporation, 1967.

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Earhart, Amelia. Quoted in "Courage." Who is Amelia Earhart?, written by Marion Perkins. Survey Graphic, 1 July 1928.

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Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. Faber & Faber, 1989.

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Hughes, Langston. "Negro." The Weary Blues. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926, I. 1.

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Hughes, Langston. "Proem." The Weary Blues. Alfred A. Knopf, 2015, I. 1.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Notebook O: Observations." The Crack-Up, edited by Edmund Wilson. New Directions, 2009. Originally published in Notebook O, c. 1940.

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From Russia with Love. Directed by Terence Young, Eon Productions, 1963.

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Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches. A. C. McClurg & Co., 1903, ch. 14.

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Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. The Souls of Black Folk, edited by Brent Hayes Edwards. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 14.

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. Quoted in Six Crises, written by Richard Nixon. Doubleday, 1962.

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Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad. Directed by David Zucker, Paramount Pictures, 1988.

Say it loud: "I'm Black and I'm Proud."
Some people say we've got a lot of malice,
Some say it's a lot of nerve.
But I say we won't quit moving
Until we get what we deserve.

James Brown

Say It Loud

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Brown, James and Alfred Ellis. Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud. Performed by James Brown. King Records, 1968.

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Sartre, Jean-Paul. Les Mouches [The Flies]. 3 June 1943, Théâtre de la Cité, Paris, France, act 3, sc. 2.

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Sartre, Jean-Paul. "The Flies." No Exit and Three Other Plays, translated by Stuart Gilbert. Vintage, 1989, act 3, sc. 2.

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Aladdin. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Feature Animation, 1992.

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Reagan, Ronald. Press conference in Chicago. Press conference. 12 Aug. 1986, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, IL, USA.

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"Archie in the Cellar." All in the Family, written by Norman Lear and Don Nicholl and Michael Ross, directed by Bob LaHendro and John Rich, season 4, episode 10, Tandem Productions, 1973.

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Groundhog Day. Directed by Harold Ramis, Columbia Pictures, 1993.

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Nixon, Richard. "Nixon Interviews." Interviewed by David Frost. ABC, 19 May 1977, pt. 3.

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Kipling, Rudyard. "The Female of the Species." Morning Post, 20 Oct. 1911.

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Kipling, Rudyard. "The Female of the Species." Rudyard Kipling: Stories and Poems, edited by Daniel Karlin. Oxford University Press, 2015.

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Happy Gilmore. Directed by Dennis Dugan, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment/Robert Simonds Productions, 1996.

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Boyz n the Hood. Directed by John Singleton, Columbia Pictures, 1991.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1937, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, January 20, 1937." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.