Elizabeth Alexander Quote
It’s a fact: black people in this country die more easily, at all ages, across genders. Look at how young black men die, and how middle-aged black men drop dead, and how black women are ravaged by HIV/AIDS. The numbers graft to poverty but they also graph to stresses known and invisible. How did we come here, after all? Not with upturned chins and bright eyes but rather in chains, across a chasm. But what did we do? We built a nation, and we built its art.
Elizabeth Alexander
It’s a fact: black people in this country die more easily, at all ages, across genders. Look at how young black men die, and how middle-aged black men drop dead, and how black women are ravaged by HIV/AIDS. The numbers graft to poverty but they also graph to stresses known and invisible. How did we come here, after all? Not with upturned chins and bright eyes but rather in chains, across a chasm. But what did we do? We built a nation, and we built its art.
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Elizabeth Alexander (composer) (born 1962), American composer
Elizabeth Alexander (poet) (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and professor
Elizabeth Alexander (press secretary), press secretary for U.S. Vice President Joe Biden
Elizabeth Alexander (actress) (born 1952), Australian actress
Elizabeth Alexander (scientist) (1908–1958), British born geologist, physicist and radio astronomer
Elizabeth Alexander (businesswoman) (born 1943), chancellor of the University of Melbourne
Elizabeth Alexander (composer) (born 1962), American composer
Elizabeth Alexander (poet) (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and professor
Elizabeth Alexander (press secretary), press secretary for U.S. Vice President Joe Biden