More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every part of my mind. And with long searching and… — Gordon Parks Copy Share Image
Obama is the first African-American president, and for some people, that means a great deal, and for some people, it means very… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
We have a situation where we have our inner cities, African- Americans, Hispanics are living in he'll because it's so dangerous. You… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Housing programs designed to help young families and senior citizens purchase homes should be available to people of all races, including African… — Loretta Lynch Copy Share Image
You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness. — Yvette Clarke Copy Share Image
It appears that my worst fears have been realised: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed. — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
“It is as if we have reentered the past and are living in a second Nadir: It seems the rate of police… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Perhaps after a serious discussion and debate - the kind that HR 40 proposes - we may find that the country can… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
[Hillary] Clinton was able to assemble a winning Democratic coalition out here, beating Sanders among African-Americans, women, among women, and voters from… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
(Harry Reid) was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
I don't think there is such a definition of a perfect family, but I do think that our marriages are in crisis.… — Leah Ward Sears Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
Our inner cities are almost at an all-time low, run by the Democrats for sometimes more than a hundred years, chain unbroken.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“The cost savings weren’t what did the trick, though. Treatment has always been more effective and cheaper than prison for true drug… — Sam Quinones Copy Share Image
My mother birthed three children and she adopted myself and another African-American son. My adoptive parents were Finnish. I grew up in… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Cooper was my road roommate, and also happened to be the first African American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
New Jersey for me is so alive with history. It's old, dynamic, African-American, Latino. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I see 'Cyborg' as probably the most iconic African American superhero within all of the comic worlds. — Joivan Wade Copy Share Image
Globalization and deindustrialization affected workers of all colors but hit African Americans particularly hard. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
We're going to bring jobs back to this country. I think that is one of the reasons I'm going to do well… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
You are inferior to no one. others may treat you that way, but that is their problem. You are above all of… — Leon Brown Copy Share Image
The backlash against gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I love the fact that a lot of my audience is people from the inner city. African-Americans love my films. — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
It appears that the present-day form of African American English is not the inheritance of the period of slavery, but the creation… — William Labov Copy Share Image
If you are black, the only roads into the mainland of American life are through subservience, cowardice, and loss of manhood. These… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
Just to settle it once and for all: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The egg, laid by a bird… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It's time we become comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations about race...Instead of being color blind, we need to be color brave. — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
When a dish works, it works for everyone, whether you're Asian, European, African, American or anybody else. — Joel Robuchon Copy Share Image
Michael Joseph Jackson's genius was the ability to be the raw article himself - the real article himself. He is part of… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Twenty-two million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not… — Johnny Otis Copy Share Image
I'm African-American. There are more eyes on me than anybody. They're going to take the negative before the positive. — Bubba Wallace Copy Share Image
If you think back , the Academy was doing a better job. Think about how many more African Americans were nominated.We need… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Move with the flow. Don't fight the current. Resist nothing. Let life carry you. Don't try to carry it. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I mean it used to be, there was a time … when lynchings of African Americans were not that incredibly rare. Now… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a… — Nikki Haley Copy Share Image
You can turn away the Mexicans, the African-Americans, the teenagers and other suspect groups, but there's no fence high enough to keep… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
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