African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country. — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
It will be up to each of you to make sure that the young people, African Americans, Latinos, and women, who powered… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Had middle class black women begun a movement in which they had labeled themselves "oppressed," no one would have taken them seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of African-American superheroes. I've been reading comics since I was eight or nine years old. Luke Cage stood… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
America was magnificently characterized in November of 2008 when we elected, for the first time, an African-American President of the United States. — David Scott Copy Share Image
In particular in how [Barack Obama] has directed what you could describe as patronizing remarks to African-American communities. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, a lot of Silicon Valley venture capitalists are disconnected from African Americans, Latinos, and other people of color. — Christine Tsai Copy Share Image
Bobby Lashley was the first and to have the opportunity to challenge for the championship when it is even rare to see… — Rich Swann Copy Share Image
Fairness and equality means that what you are never limits who you can be. It means that a young African-American man like… — Linda Johnson Rice Copy Share Image
“Although it is common to think of Jim Crow as an explicitly race-based system, in fact a number of the key policies… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We always talk about how important representation is. It's so important to see someone that looks like you - whether you're African… — Kofi Kingston Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think no matter how one is born, no matter how one acts, there is something out of gear with one… — Jessie Redmon Fauset Copy Share Image
The thing to do is to get organized; keep separated and you will be exploited, you will be robbed, you will be… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that the African American actors wanted to be a part of the show was because these people are… — Tony Goldwyn Copy Share Image
Within the model minority rhetoric, Asian Americans are represented as “good” minorities and African Americans are represented as “bad” minorities. Here, the… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African American. They're not us. They're impostors, — Torii Hunter Copy Share Image
People can graduate from beauty school and know everything about white hair and nothing about African-American hair. — Tracie Thoms Copy Share Image
I don't play too much into the color game, because I don't want to be the best African American quarterback, I want… — Robert Griffin III Copy Share Image
Good English, well spoken and well written will open more doors than a college degree... Bad English will slam doors you don't… — William Raspberry Copy Share Image
“The white folks like for us to be religious, then they can do what they want to with us.” — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic. — Janice Dickinson Copy Share Image
Much of the foundation of our criminal justice system is derived from slave patrols and was created when African Americans could still… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
“Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission… — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
I really truly respect and honor the fact that the majority of my district is African-American and that I have to make… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously,… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
The whole idea of the first female president is not nearly as momentous or exciting as the first African-American. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Even though I'm an African-American woman, it's not different from any other Bachelorette. — Rachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
Obamanomics, his imposition of European-style socialism, is not working for African-Americans. It is not working for Latinos and African-Americans. — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
To fully understand the black immigrant experience in the U.S., we must understand it not in contrast to the African-American experience, but… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
My high school coach is an African American studies teacher, so I respect his perspective as an older white guy who has… — Fred VanVleet Copy Share Image
I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
Stereotypical and hurtful tropes about Jews are widely accepted in the African American community. — Jemele Hill Copy Share Image
[According to Twitter] 24 percent of American Twitter users are African-American. That's about twice as high as African-Americans are represented in the population. — Ethan Zuckerman Copy Share Image
With President Trump, we've seen the lowest ever African-American and Hispanic unemployment. — Steve Hilton Copy Share Image
To those African-Americans suffering in our country, I say, what do you have to lose? Vote for Trump, I'm going to fix… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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