When your Truly ready to die ,then thats when you really become alive ! — Milliton MUNNEY Copy Share Image
African-Americans have rarely been the beneficiaries of Presidential rhetorical excess. — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
“For poetry and I are one To separate is to decapitate For my poetry is forever.” — Kerry D. Brackett Copy Share Image
Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans. — Usher Copy Share Image
Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,... — Martin Luther King, Jr 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
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
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
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
If anyone should have the right or need to carry a gun, it should be the African-American community. — Philip Smith 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
I paved the way for a lot of white artists now that don’t have to deal with the stigma of being a… — Jon B Copy Share Image
I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
We have seen a man dragged to death in Texas simply because he was black. A young man murdered in Wyoming simply… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The Marines estimate that roughly a hundred or 200 women will be interested in going into these jobs - roughly 2 percent… — Renee Montagne Copy Share Image
I had to learn to be honest with myself. I had to recognize my pain threshold. When I hit the floor, I… — Flo Hyman Copy Share Image
The president is not doing well with African Americans. His popularity rating - his approval rating - with blacks: two percent. Two… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Representative Al Edwards' pivotal role in establishing Juneteenth as a State holiday in Texas illustrates the political progress and celebration of African… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
Since the nations founding, African Americans repeatedly have been controlled through institutions such as slavery and Jim Crow, which appear to die… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image