A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

Amiri Baraka

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Topic

Nature of freedom Freedom Black freedom struggle

Author

Amiri Baraka

Source

Tokenism: 300 Years for 5 Cents

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Jones, LeRoi (aka Imamu Amiri Baraka). "Tokenism: 300 Years for 5 Cents." Kulchur, Spring 1962, no. 5.

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Another quote from the 1960s

Come Senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall.

Bob Dylan

The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)

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Topic
Resistance to change Political progress Progress
Speaker
Bob Dylan
Source
The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) The Times They Are a-Changin' (album)
Medium
Song
Genre
Protest music Folk music
Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Dylan, Bob. "The Times They Are a-Changin'." The Times They Are a-Changin'. Columbia Records, 1965.

Another quote about Freedom

The most perfect of all works of art is true political freedom.

Friedrich Schiller

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Topic
Freedom Art

Author

Friedrich Schiller
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. "Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen [On the Aesthetic Education of Man]." Horen, Jan. 1795, letter 2.

Current Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. On the Aesthetic Education of Man, edited by Alexander Schimidt, translated by Kenneth Tribe. Penguin Classics, 2016, letter 2.