Quote of the day
I know there is a God, because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists and therefore I know there is a God.
Orlando Patterson

Born: June 5, 1940 (age 85)
Bio: Orlando Patterson is a Jamaican-born American historical and cultural sociologist known for his work regarding issues of race in the United States, as well as the sociology of development. His book Freedom, Volume One, or Freedom in the Making of Western Culture, won the U.S.
Known for:
- Slavery and Social Death (1982)
- Freedom (1991)
- The Children of Sisyphus (1964)
- An Absence of Ruins (1967)







