My father was born in the year 1900 in South Carolina, and he grew up at a time where being an African-American… — Kenneth Frazier Copy Share Image
Nowadays people always say, 'How come he's doing such young shows?' But they never mention 'The Mod Squad'. I was very proud… — Aaron Spelling Copy Share Image
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There's good reason to be excited. You have the first woman running who is qualified, and a very attractive African-American who has… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My own personal theory is that all popular music, in whatever form it is, to me, it all comes from Africa. Whether… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
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I don't think every African-American or Latino have the same body type, but, yes, that's been one of the excuses ... saying… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
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“A similar bout of affective realism gave birth to Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law. This law permits the use of deadly… — Lisa Feldman Barrett Copy Share Image
We have never owned, as a country, the damage done not only to people who were enslaved but to future generations in… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
Today masses of black women in the U.S. refuse to acknowledge that they have much to gain by feminist struggle. They fear… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
Black children need to see their lives reflected in the books they read. If they don't, they won't feel welcome in the… — Valerie Wilson Wesley Copy Share Image
I am colored but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say… — Monte Irvin Copy Share Image
I believed that there was a God because I was told it by my grandmother and later by other adults. But when… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think others may look at the uniqueness of my candidacy, the fact that I'm an African-American, conservative tea party Republican, and… — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
Back in 1792, Dr. Benjamin Banneker, the famed African-American inventor and scientist in Washington, proposed a Department of Peace for the new… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
That's unfortunately common - to blame immigrants, to blame the African-Americans who are being helped by federal programs, to blame anyone available,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“It was his experience that life worked under the same guidelines as a capitalistic society. In order to get what you wanted,… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't like people… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
“You are divine. You are rich. You have good juju as you have inherited the greatest inheritance there is. You have the… — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
I have a well-balanced show. It's 50/50 on men/women, and also African-American/white writers, it's the same thing. I have four African-American writers,… — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
As an African-American, I think the way I treated others affected how people treated me. If people do attack you in certain… — David Steward Copy Share Image
You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Ours is supposed to be a government in which classes and distinctions melt into a harmonious whole. Until we reach this ideal… — Timothy Thomas Fortune Copy Share Image
"First female president." That's it, and that's nowhere near, by the way, as powerful or penetrating as the first African-American president. I… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
What the White House is trying to do is racialize all politics and they're especially trying to tell the African-American voter that… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
“The omnibus programs passed under the Social Security Act in 1935 were crafted in such a way as to protect the southern… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“the black church helped African Americans survive the harshest forms of oppression and developed a revolutionary appeal for universal communal spirituality. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's an honor to be a part of Magic Shave as their new ambassador. One of the problems that some African-American men… — Lance Gross Copy Share Image
I have always drawn strength from my late mother's life. When Eunice Johnson set up the first major fashion show for African-American… — Linda Johnson Rice Copy Share Image
Teachers and librarians can be the most effective advocates for diversifying children's and young adult books. When I speak to publishers, they're… — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
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The sprinkling of people of color through elite institutions in the United States, due to affirmative action policies and the limited progress… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I am an African American public official operating in an environment dominated by Caucasians. That is not too dissimilar from what I… — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
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I'll tell you what, our inner cities are so, so bad right now. The danger, the crime, the lack of education, no… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
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