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
I think it was a good and necessary thing that the American upper class diversified, and that more African-Americans and Jews and… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
If you think back , the Academy was doing a better job. Think about how many more African Americans were nominated.We need… — George Clooney 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
I mean it used to be, there was a time … when lynchings of African Americans were not that incredibly rare. Now… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, so many of the important changes for African-Americans were being made in the United States Supreme Court… — Leah Ward Sears 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
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
“And I like Strauss and Mozart and all that, but the priceless gift that African Americans gave the world when they were… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
We forget the conditions - not only in slavery - but after slavery, when there was this purposeful locking out of African… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
“Alabama in 1927 alone, 27,701 men were arrested on misdemeanor charges and offered for sale by county sheriffs. In Blackmon’s estimation, “roughly… — Ian Haney López Copy Share Image
I realize there is a paucity of African-Americans in my position. Everywhere I go, people say, 'Don't mess this up. Don't forget… — Stephen A. Smith Copy Share Image
Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
African Americans are doing a lot already, but I think we have an opportunity right now to change politics in a way… — David Beckmann Copy Share Image
Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and understandable, even to those who… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
“For African Americans, war commenced not in 1861, but in 1661, when the Virginia Colony began passing America's first black codes, the… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“In case you haven't noticed, as the result of a shamelessly rigged election in Florida, in which thousands of African Americans were… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“So much was lost - names, faces, ages, ethnic identities - that African Americans must do what no other ethnic group writ… — Michael W. Twitty Copy Share Image
“Lieutenant Thomas R. Gilligan, thirty-seven, was off duty and out of uniform, checking out TVs in an electronics store. He went to… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“I have often wondered whether the white people who know we are kin actually see us as family. It's critical for me… — Michael W. Twitty Copy Share Image
“When Hodges was presented to Harmon the next morning for a positive ID, Harmon reportedly couldn’t be sure he was her attacker.… — E.R. Bills Copy Share Image
“It is due, however, to my mistress to say of her, that she did not adopt this course of treatment immediately. She… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“The time has come to realize that the interracial drama acted out on the American continent has not only created a new… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“He went on to make a series of preposterous-sounding claims—almost all of which would be borne out in the end: he would… — Joshua Green 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
I think anyone that comes to Nigeria has to offer value. What value are you bringing? There are Black Americans here. I… — Mo Abudu Copy Share Image
There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
It's important for African-Americans to express themselves, period. We're 400 years behind. We should be able to shine whenever and however we feel. — Jalen Rose Copy Share Image
You can't make a direct comparison between middle-class African Americans and middle-class white Americans, affluent African Americans and affluent white Americans. The… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I was well known to African Americans before Bill Clinton discovered me. He was like Christopher Columbus riding up on something he… — Sister Souljah Copy Share Image
The harsh truth is that 'respectability' is the exorbitant tax we African Americans are forced to pay daily as we try to… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
“It’s a horrible world. White people try to tell us that everything will be just fine when we go to heaven. My… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
I hope that more [African-Americans] decide to play after seeing the things that I was able to accomplish; not only myself, but… — Dontrelle Willis Copy Share Image
I say 'Merry Christmas' to people I don't know, or to people I know are Christians. I say 'Happy Hanukkah' to people… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I think African Americans are resilient and hustlers by nature. I think they need to understand that you can take that hustle… — Daymond John Copy Share Image
The marginalization of African-Americans within their own community based on sexuality is a construct that is more complex than the idea that… — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
The uncomfortable reality we must face is that California, like the nation as a whole, has treated generations of African Americans and… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
When you do a film, you know you're shooting for 6 or 9 weeks, you've got your cast and crew. Overall, no… — Vivica A. Fox Copy Share Image
Bernie Sanders would say, "You still have millions of African Americans who aren't insured, and if we had a single-payer system, that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
![“I hope that more [African-Americans] decide to play after seeing the things that I was able to accomplish; not only myself, but other African-American players. Hopefully, they pick up a bat and a ball and go out there and play.” quote by Dontrelle Willis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ed0/dontrelle-willis-26061_able_i-hope-that-more-african-americans-decid_1402512.png)
