I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies. If you take music and the arts out… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
KFC is not black owned, but it sure knows to market heavily to African Americans - obviously hoping we won-t care about… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Actively we have woven ourselves with the very warp and woof of this nation-we have fought their battles, shared their sorrow, mingled… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“racism is about the power of a group and in America it’s white folks who have that power. How? Well, white folks… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I think you had the GOP down there in North Carolina reaching out to African-American voters and this guy coming on television… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
“In the first years after the Revolutionary War, Baptist evangelicals in the South as well as throughout the country were deeply opposed… — Andrew Himes Copy Share Image
“According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, our country has been experiencing an “explosive growth in extremist-group activism across the United States”… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share Image
As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
We all remember that [Donald] Trump was one of the leaders of the so-called birther movement trying to delegitimize the presidency of… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal… — Mary Frances Berry Copy Share Image
You never hear about a pit bull doing anything good in the media. And they have a stigma to them... and, in… — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image
We can't all work in the inner city. And, I don't even think that it is incumbent upon an African-American intellectual to… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
The share of Americans who say race relations are bad in this country is the highest it's been in decades, much of… — Lester Holt Copy Share Image
Wanna know really, really, really who I'm dating, Is she civilian or super duper famous? Is she African American, Caucasian, or Asian?… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
My African-American friends thought it was cool that I was racing. It's not like we had any role models out there to… — Bubba Wallace Copy Share Image
“This week I was watching the Rachel Maddow Show (you'd love her: she's funny and brilliant and just happens to be a… — Jewelle Gomez Copy Share Image
It's just a fact that if you're a young African-American man and you do the same thing as a young white man,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
They think America is like a major league in entertainment. For me personally being here for the past year-and-a-half, I know some… — Aml Ameen Copy Share Image
On top of that she promises uncontrolled, low-skilled immigration that continues to reduce jobs and wages for American workers, and especially for… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“Time had taught him that whether his sins were pardoned or left unforgiven, they would remain committed. Tomorrow he would hopefully choose… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
When African-American police officers involved in a police action shooting involving an African-American, why would Hillary Clinton accuse that African-American police officer… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
After decades of persistent, courageous advocacy - often at risk to their own lives, livelihoods, and safety - African Americans succeeded in… — Abigail Spanberger Copy Share Image
African-Americans have always viewed the protection of black lives as a civil rights issue, whether the threat comes from police officers or… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
“Many whites, now proclaiming that science proved that people of African descent were intellectually inferior and congenitally prone to criminal behavior, looked… — Edward E. Baptist Copy Share Image
I'm less interested in how we label ourselves. I'm more interested in how we treat each other. And if we're treating each… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The notion that religion can actually be something... attached to progressivism seems so bizarre. But all you have to say is that… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
In the industry, artists of of color struggle the most. Caucasian artists have really solidified themselves in the industry, and with African… — Mena Massoud Copy Share Image
My mother always told me to embrace both sides of my background. And she also taught me one very useful thing when… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I'd go to the African-American section in the bookstore, and I'd try and find African-American people I… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Donald Trump insisted yesterday that he is not racist, because one time an African-American won Apprentice. Because nothing says 'not racist' like… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
An interesting difference between African-American humor and Jewish humor, in it's kind of basic or maybe most austere type form is, African-American… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Everyday, day & night, we hear the lies that September 11th is the worst tragedy, worst accident, and worst crime to ever… — Malik Zulu Shabazz Copy Share Image
There clearly is a serious race problem in the country. Just take a look at what's happening to African American communities. For… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“A survey was conducted in 1995 asking the following question: “Would you close your eyes for a second, envision a drug user,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being… — Naya Rivera Copy Share Image
In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image