Great African-American stars who can command major theatre and film roles in successful international projects are not uncommon: James Earl Jones, Denzel… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
It's very hard to grow up in the African American church and for music to not be in your veins. It's just… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
“My characters push the limits of the envelope when it comes to passion, love, and lust. They can be as elegant and… — Neale Sourna Copy Share Image
When I was born, I was colored. I soon became a Negro. Not long after that I was black. Most recently I… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
“Lash had been explaining to her that it's impolite to refer to an African American as a nigga, unless one was another… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
'Boomerang!' I love that movie just because of Halle Berry, Robin Givens, Eddie Murphy, Grace Jones and Eartha Kitt. There were so… — Drew Sidora Copy Share Image
“I heard a compelling lecture by an African American pastor from the north side of Chicago. He opened his talk with numbers,… — Jessica Nutik Zitter Copy Share Image
You know, Hillary Clinton's out there saying, we need smart diplomacy. We need to do smart power. And that means empathizing with… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African-American congressmen, how did… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
We as African Americans knew that if we wanted to see change, we had to step up to the plate and make… — Ruby Bridges Copy Share Image
“Segregation laws were proposed as part of a deliberate effort to drive a wedge between poor whites and African Americans. These discriminatory… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I don't walk around all the time thinking of myself as African American, but oftentimes in Hollywood, you are reminded of that… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
I am extremely ecstatic about the presidency of Barack Obama. I think he is paving the way for young African-American men like… — Texas Battle Copy Share Image
It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
We need law and order in the inner cities, because the people that are most affected by what's happening are African-American and… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The average person on welfare can't afford fresh fruits and vegetables. But in my recipe, you're allowed to use vegetables out of… — Coolio Copy Share Image
I know that if a team had a derogatory name for African Americans, I would help those who helped extinguish that name.… — Mike Carey Copy Share Image
You have to admit that Trump is endlessly creative. He has insulted the disabled, the dead, the parents of the dead, women,… — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
The fact that there aren't an abundance of African-American males that are getting lead roles [and] that are getting roles that have… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to be nominated for and to win an Oscar. It was a step… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Mrs. James, my fifth-grade teacher, introduced us to some of the great literature of African American culture. I won my first blue… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Recent events in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have reaffirmed for me, however, the complete folly of any Republican strategy to increase… — Ward Connerly Copy Share Image
With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
My father marched in Selma. My father was there in Alabama. That's where I was born. My birth certificate says 'colored.' It… — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
The fact is, yes, statistically, African Americans and Latinos are getting hit harder, but it's something that we can have real solidarity… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
I think that when Riccardo Tisci wanted to bring more attention to the lack of African American presence on the runway, he… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
We are the in midst of a bipartisan moment as it relates to criminal justice reform and dealing with mass incarceration in… — Hakeem Jeffries Copy Share Image
It's often said that you learn more from defeat than victory and the RNC has certainly taken that to heart. After difficult… — Alice Stewart Copy Share Image
Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
A lot of African Americans, especially men, deal with this as a part of life. I've been pulled over by the police… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
The Democratic Party, the mainstream media are using fear to control people and to control African Americans in particular. You cannot function… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
Food historian Jessica B. Harris says African American cuisine is simply what black people ate. When I think about what my family… — Bryant Terry Copy Share Image
Within the United States, there is a real division between the PhDs given in science and math to the Asian community, to… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
The reason that I like to use classical myths as models is because African American writers and African American stories are usually… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
[Mark] Lilla sees a deeper problem, and he wrote an article in The New York Times denouncing identity liberalism.He says liberals have… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
The biggest hypocrites on gun control are those who live in upscale developments with armed security guards - and who want to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Anyone who watches a lot of television, or listens to pop music, is familiar with a certain vision of America. If not… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
When you have a policy of making sure that African Americans cannot build wealth, of plundering African American communities of wealth, giving… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Organizations like the UN do a lot of good, but there are certain basic realities they never seem to grasp ...Maybe the… — Leymah Gbowee Copy Share Image
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