Quotes by Dick Blake

“He was the Moses for the black community. He broke the barrier. He showed us the way.”

“One of the things hed tell us is that if youve got something in your head, nobody can take it away from you. So, yes sir, he was always telling us to go to school, to go to college, to go get an education. Become somebody who makes a difference. Thats what hed say. It had a tremendous influence on me.”

“I think about how this was a part of history. I knew it was important back then, sure. But I didnt really realize and recognize that this would be such an integral part of African-American history. And here I was, just a boy, talking to him and shaking his hand. Words cant express how I feel about that, especially now, and the positive influence it had on my life.”