African american Quotes · Page 16

Blacks have no rights - in fact they were three - fifths human according to the constitution to give slave owners more…

— Noam Chomsky

And Hillary Clinton is going to do nothing for the African- American worker, the Latino worker.

— Donald Trump

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.

— Cassandra Wilson

It is so painful to suggest that we go back to think about these days where an African-American could not be a…

— Tim Kaine

Being an African-American, minority, or poor, you get in a tough situation and you don't get a fair shake.

— Mike Conley Jr

To be a survivor as an African American man - maybe any man - you have to be pretty tough. Or at…

— John Edgar Wideman

I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner.…

— Malcolm X

Financial inequity for African Americans has been perpetuated by companies that are known to have benefited from the institution of slavery.

— Al N. Green

For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no…

— Tim Wise

“Why is it deemed justifiable and appropriate for cops/police officers to kill other cops (friendly–fire) and citizens? Why do cops kill? Are…

— Obiora Embry

“I feel sorry for you, Detective Esteban. Because I'm all out of patience, and you're all out of time. I'm sure we'll…

— H.L. Sudler

It's important for women to understand that it's bad enough that we don't make dollar-for-dollar what men do, but when you distill…

— Nina Turner

We feel the beauty of nature because we are part of nature and because we know that however much in our separate…

— Ernest Everett Just

For years, the Democrats have controlled the inner cities; some up to 100 years; some over 100 years; unbroken. I say to…

— Donald Trump

As an African American growing up in the Bay Area, it was nice to have coaches who look like me. But more…

— Marcus Semien

I was grateful to see President Obama's victory speech. I was over the moon to see the audience. There were about 60…

— Maya Angelou

Civil rights was not an impossible dream. Thousands of brave African Americans stepped forward to make it happen.

— Martin O'Malley

Let choice whisper in your ear and love murmur in your heart. Be ready. Here comes life.

— Maya Angelou

I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at…

— Gordon Parks

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

— Michael Jordan

The Lord was pleased to strengthen us, and remove all fear from us, and disposed our hearts to be as useful as…

— Richard Allen

As an African-American, I know all too well the negative thoughts and feelings hatred and bigotry cause.

— Tim Hardaway

I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's…

— Joe Biden

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to…

— Matt Kemp

In the closing years of the nineteenth century, African-American historians began to look at their people's history from their vantage point and…

— John Henrik Clarke

Lots of African-American people really so adore Barack Obama that they're unwilling to even be mildly critical of him.

— Julianne Malveaux

I think that we, as the African-American men in hip-hop, we have a greater responsibly because we have the ears of so…

— Steve Harvey

Our most polluted neighborhoods are disproportionately home to Latinos, African Americans, and other communities of color.

— Jimmy Gomez

The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.

— Ed Gillespie

America is ready to elect its first African American President, especially one with light-skin and and no Negro dialect.

— Mitch McConnell

[People] have no jobs, they have horrible education, they have no safety or security, and I say to the African-American community, what…

— Donald Trump

When I walk in the door sometimes, I'm already an anomaly. Because I'm working in a genre that African-American's don't typically engage…

— Kevin Grevioux

If the only thing that was interesting about Jefferson Pierce is that he is African-American, I don't think we'd have much of…

— Salim Akil

If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

It's odd to say we had our first African American president before our first African-American-owned movie studio, but we're making progress.

— Byron Allen

“I saw him enthusiastically greet a hulking big African American (Do they call them African Americans here?).”

— Brett Kiellerop-Morris

The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

— Emmanuel Jal

As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.

— Pearl Cleage

American means white, and Africanist people struggle to make the term applicable to themselves with ethnicity and hyphen after hyphen after hyphen.

— Toni Morrison

“(On Barack Obama) "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.…

— Joe Biden