We accepted education as the means to rise above the limitations that a prejudiced society endeavored to place upon us. — Evelyn Boyd Granville Copy Share Image
I think if you're open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you're closed, you might not get to… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer moms think alike, all… — Anne Northup Copy Share Image
There's always some difference between your Latino and African-American communities. But we definitely have more similarities than differences. — Aja Brown Copy Share Image
To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I don't think we're getting the empathy, and identifying with the situations that many African Americans experience. That's the problem with how… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I feel like we need to make new superheroes, African-American superheroes, that people would accept. — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
“He now realized that right and wrong were intertwined notions. His arms could not differentiate between just and unjust causes. They only… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant… — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
Ending the lawlessness at the border? I don't believe a fourth-generation Hispanic thinks that's evil. I don't think an African American thinks… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I do not share the gloomy thought that Negroes in America are doomed to be stomped out bodaciously, nor even shackled to… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area,… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
As N.Y.C. Public Advocate, I released a report that showed that stop-and-frisks of African Americans in 2012 were barely half as likely… — Bill de Blasio Copy Share Image
“and everybody was happy that uncle lee was able to get that scholarship even though you wondered when you could do quadratic… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid of who I am. I'm not afraid to tell the world who I am. I'm Michael Sam, I'm a… — Michael Sam Copy Share Image
Electing the first African-American president was a tremendous accomplishment, but it hasn't erased racism. — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
Black History Month is to celebrate African & African American excellence, not African & African American ignorance — Anna Copy Share Image
“Whenever a word ''nigga'' is spoken, It's always followed by the same question, Can white people say nigger ? and the correct… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In today's US, it's possible for almost anyone - women, gays, African-Americans, Jews - to run for, and be elected to, high… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Though some elements are magical Prue speaks the truth about the treatment of African Americans and veterans in this disquieting,mesmeric read.” — Michelle Anne Schingler Copy Share Image
“When he spoke of love, it was in the manner of someone who can recite a phrase in a foreign language but… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
“Put your hand over your heart and say aloud, “I am not alone.” Your ancestors walked before you and we, your sisters… — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
African American writers and artists, by the very nature of what they do, will actually enhance or bring together people in a… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail. — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
If You are not willing to take a chance, You can't become Your best. You will always wonder what more you could… — Lisa's Voice Copy Share Image
I think Dr. King would be pleased to see the number of elected officials of color - African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
There's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that. — Mekhi Phifer Copy Share Image
Black History Month is an annual opportunity to recognize the central role of African Americans in our state's economic, cultural, social and… — John Bel Edwards Copy Share Image
I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
“And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African American community, the civil rights community is oddly quiet.” — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
In American culture at large, but especially in African American culture, it's a sign of weakness to ask for help. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Throughout this book I will use the terms African-American, black, and Negro interchangeably. There is rarely a logic to it, so please… — Baratunde R. Thurston Copy Share Image
The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people. — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
The history of a movement, the history of a nation, the history of a race is the guide-post of that movement's destiny,… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
One side of the street is a Church; across the road is a liquor store. Both of 'em keepin us poor. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I have written a song that says: If you ever lose someone dear to you, never say the words, "They're gone," and… — Prince Copy Share Image
I did want to mark the fact that it was the first African-American to win the Lead Actress category.I thought it was… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
