peace. should people be frightened? people should wake up. it s 1991. we have talked at each other and about each other a long time. it is high time we started talking with each other. no justice, no peace. can t we all get along? in about 20 minutes from now, david dinkins is scheduled to take a public oath of office and become new york city s next mayor and the first african american mayor. i intend to be the mayor of all the people of new york. david being inaugurated on new year s day 1990 is an auspicious start to the decade. and the culmination of some of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s . people are seeing tangible benefits of that struggle. a grandson of slaves was worn? as the nation s first elected black governor. i was born in the 30s so you know i didn t think nothing like that was going to happen. after we saw hundreds of black elected officials, the reality set in that we made a step, but we had not gotten all the way to where we wante
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do you know? do you know? do you know? these nike sneaker commercials are an example of just how strong black selling power is. if i could be like mike black culture had always been influential. but culturally speaking, the 90s are really the decade when black culture is solidified as the mainstream of american culture. and you have this sharp rise in black superstars making movies and music, from will smith to jay-z. how does it feel to be number one? beautiful thing. number one in the whole country, that s a major accomplishment. there was a lot of people experiencing success visibly. the most prestigious award in literature has gone to american novelist toni morrison, the nobel prize. i think i m the first
do you know? do you know? these nike sneaker commercials are an example of just how strong black selling power is. if i could be like mike black culture had always been influential. but culturally speaking, the 90s became the decade when black culture is solidified as the mainstream of american culture. and you have this sharp rise in black superstars making movies and music, from will smith to jay-z. how did it feel to be number one? beautiful thing. number one in the whole country is a major accomplishment. there was a lot of people experiencing success visibly. the most prestigious award in literature has gone to ton toni morrison, the nobel prize. i think i m the first african-american to win the nobel prize and that is astonishing. people we looked to as heroes suddenly america was looking at them, too. this is a new understanding of diversity, a new understanding
do you know? do you know? these nike sneaker commercials are an example of just how strong black selling power is. if i could be like mike black culture had always been influential. but culturally speaking, the 90s became the decade when black culture is solidified as the mainstream of american culture. and you have this sharp rise in black superstars making movies and music, from will smith to jay z. how did it feel to be number one? beautiful thing. number one in the whole country is a major accomplishment. there was a lot of people experiencing success visibly. the most prestigious award in literature has gone to ton toni