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“In Bell's view resistance was essential. He believed significant progress, if it ever came, would emerge from the ground up, assisted by a recognition by white people that black advancement served their own interests. "History gets made through confrontation. Nothing gets done without pushing.”
― Peter Slevin, Michelle Obama: A Life

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“You can spare yourself discomfort by keeping your distance, by remaining safely aloof, by maintaining what are largely superficial friendships. But if you do, you will deprive yourselves, and others, of one of the greatest opportunities for learning and for personal growth. - William Bowen”
― Peter Slevin, Michelle Obama: A Life

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“You have to change attitudes before you can change behavior.”
― Peter Slevin, Michelle Obama: A Life

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