The North has no interest in the particular Negro, but talks of justice for the whole. The South has not interest, and… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Historically, the argument is we stole the country from the Indians. America stole the labor of African Americans for over 200 years… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ...… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
Schooling is what happens inside the wall of the school, some of which is educational. Education happens everywhere, and it happens from… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
If you're looking at the people who head the institutions, there are very few African Americans or people of colour. I'm talking… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
In the United States, if you're African-American, it can be assumed that your family has been here for generations. In Europe, colonialism… — Zazie Beetz Copy Share Image
I'm always talking about how representation is such an important thing - it's not just a request, it's a requirement - it… — Bianca Belair Copy Share Image
Since we were renamed, and now it feels like 80 percent of the African-American population has the name Washington or Jefferson or… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I know some African-Americans, they happen to be conservative, they're successful. They, of course, have raised their kids, and kids can't escape… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Luna was remote and ladylike. The only time anyone had ever seen Luna angry was when someone referred to her as 'African-American'.… — Linda Howard Copy Share Image
There's only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate. He's half African-American. Whether that… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we did create Color of Change, an organization which focused on African-Americans in particular, because we… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Just because a black man is running the RNC doesn't mean black folks are going to, 'Oh, OK, I will be a… — Michael Steele Copy Share Image
The large ensemble cast and the fact that it was being shot in New York, combined with a lot of strong positive… — Taye Diggs Copy Share Image
The good news is that the American people, not just the African-American community are saying enough is enough. You can't hold people… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
People know Tyler Perry, and there are standards they've come to expect from him. His brand is uplifting, and it's something a… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
African-American women are the most loyal constituency of the Democratic Party, and we need to do more to make sure that we… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
We [African-Americans] are nearly half of all of the new cases of HIV every year, but we only represent 13 percent of… — Jay Ellis Copy Share Image
Although the circumstances of our lives may seem very disengaged, with me standing here as the First Lady of the United States… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“The South believed an educated Negro to be a dangerous Negro. And the South was not wholly wrong; for education among all… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“Hispanic and African American neighborhoods had been targeted by the subprime lending industry: renters were lured into buying bad mortgages, and homeowners… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Something that is interesting about the current polling is that, as you watch Hillary's [Clinton] numbers fluctuate, part of the reason that… — Bill Burton Copy Share Image
Donald intends to represent all the people, not just some of the people. That includes Christians and Jews and Muslims; it includes… — Melania Trump Copy Share Image
There are not a lot of young African-American guys who come through the video room. I wanted to make sure I was… — David Fizdale Copy Share Image
We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I wanted to show that an African-American artist could make it in this country on a national level in the graphic arts.… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
In a one-hour documentary, you can tell maybe ten stories. That's how the documentary is structured. I wrote to forty of the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Words have consequences, and I judge people not only by their words but what they do. And if you look at people… — Joan Walsh Anglund Copy Share Image
The very rights that we supposedly won for African Americans in the civil rights movement no longer exist for those labeled felons.… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I think that there are some people on the so-called Left who might say we have to circle our wagons around the… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
A few ideas seem to be agreed upon. Help none but those who help themselves. Educate only at schools which provide in… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The seal and the constitution, reflects the thinking of the founding fathers that this was to be a nation by white people,… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
There's an African-American professor at a noted Ivy League school who is saying there's three kinds of white people, and only one… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
What we saw was that the Ferguson Police Department in conjunction with the municipality saw traffic stops, arrests, tickets as a revenue… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When no other schools in the Southeastern Conference or the former Southwestern Conference would award them athletic scholarships, African Americans had been… — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
Out of 30 years of Second City I was probably the third African-American with the main stage cast. I was surprised when… — Tim Meadows Copy Share Image
It saddens me that African Americans - when they express their pain, when they protest about police violence, when they question inequality,… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
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