The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry. — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
It's a shame that the people that judge you the most are the people of your own race. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
22 million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The invention of the African American, or the Haitian or Jamaican, is a consequence of the transatlantic slave trade. — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
Don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
The face of the eviction epidemic is moms and kids, especially poor moms from predominantly Latino and African American neighborhoods. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
African American women, and moms in particular, are evicted at disproportionately high rates. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
We're the curator for the African-American experience for the past, present and future. That's my job. — Linda Johnson Rice Copy Share Image
I loved the African-American culture, but racism was still a big problem and white America was exactly what I didn't love. — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
If we do with Latinos what we did with African-Americans, Republicans and conservatives will be doomed. — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
Every time a crime was committed by a Muslim, that person's faith was mentioned, regardless of its relevance. When a crime is… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
I actually believe that some residue of discrimination would lessen, because it's my view that there is a certain percentage of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The greatest thing to me about Obama is not the individual, it does not have to do with Obama himself - it's… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
Years ago, I couldn't get arrested in commercials because of my look: 'Is he Jewish, Hispanic, or African-American?' I ended up doing… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
Don't think you are going to go on forever because you are not and begin to plan something that will compensate as… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
It is disingenuous to imply that my father was a Republican. He never endorsed any presidential candidate, and there is certainly no… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
“The truth is, white rage has undermined democracy, warped the Constitution, weakened the nation’s ability to compete economically, squandered billions of dollars… — Carol Anderson Copy Share Image
A man is a man, until that man finds a plan, a plan that makes that man, a new man — Dred Scott Copy Share Image
I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters. — Tracey Ullman Copy Share Image
I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood. — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative. — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I shouldn't be the only African American Republican in the House of Representatives. — Will Hurd Copy Share Image
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up. — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going. — Wes Montgomery Copy Share Image
Your wealth can be stolen, but the precious riches buried deep in your soul cannot. — Minnie Riperton Copy Share Image
African Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
