I don't use the term "black" very often. I use the term African-American more than I use "black". — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
We had two African American writers [Eric Monte and Michael Evans] on the show ['Good Times'] that knew Cabrini Green inside and… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
African-American music tends to have, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to it - sometimes full-fledged hope. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
If anyone should have the right or need to carry a gun, it should be the African-American community. — Philip Smith Copy Share Image
My brother-in-law is an African-American cop who patrols a New Orleans suburban community. He speaks to me often of his perilous duty. — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film. — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
When black Britons draw parallels between their experiences and those of African Americans, they are not suggesting that those experiences are identical. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
African Americans were responsible for creating a lot of this beautiful and elaborate ironwork; we weren't just working in the cotton fields. — Philip Freelon Copy Share Image
Being in the body of an African-American woman, I prefer animation. I get to be everybody. I don't have to always be… — Cree Summer Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that many of the mainstream white institutions tend to be cosmetic and symbolic when it comes to including African-Americans,… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women -… — Leah Ward Sears Copy Share Image
What's sometimes called the 'browning' of the American Catholic church is very much on the minds of many U.S. bishops - and… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
I am honored to have Ajamu Baraka as a running mate. I think he brings enormous credibility in the disenfranchised communities, not… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
A lawyer’s either a social engineer or … a parasite on society … A social engineer [is] a highly skilled, perceptive, sensitive… — Charles Hamilton Houston Copy Share Image
America is - and will always be - a success story. We have African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and members of other… — Markwayne Mullin Copy Share Image
It is our duty to defend the Haitian community, just as we defend the Muslim, Jewish, LGBTQ, Women, African American, Asian, Latino,… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
It's not what you achieve in life, but who you become as a person due to those achievements. — Curtis Martin Copy Share Image
Republicans have called for a National African-American Museum. The plan is being held up by finding a location that isn't in their… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics. — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
First, of all, it isn't black talk, it's African American talk, and you should'nt be talking like that at all Samantha, it's… — Charlotte York Copy Share Image
Yes, there have been women in comedy. Moms Mabley was one of the earliest. She was an African American comedian; she often… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well. — Chanel Iman Copy Share Image
As an African American actress there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can… — Monique Coleman Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
African American boys oftentimes fall behind in school early, start feeling discouraged, check out, drop out, end up on the streets and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think there are profound differences between the civil rights struggle for African Americans and the civil rights struggle for gay Americans. — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
“Why, godamit, why did they insist upon confusing the class struggle with the ass struggle, debasing both us and them—all human motives?” — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
“until the last quarter of the twentieth century, racially explicit policies of federal, state, and local governments defined where whites and African… — Richard Rothstein Copy Share Image
Too many young African-American and Latino men ended up in jail for nonviolent offenses. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I don't know how many off the record conversations I've had with African-American leaders who would not be quoted and refused to… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
The African-American experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry. — Bill Frist Copy Share Image
The African-American community, the community within the inner cities has been so badly treated. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I fully understand that the African-American community has suffered from discrimination and that there are many wrongs that must still be made… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
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