It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater. — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
I became aware of how the world is and how the white establishment plays black people against each other. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
“Why does everyone have to be so cool all the time? And also why do white people always have to act like… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
There is no one American beauty or just one beautiful color in the pantheon, especially in regards to black people - there… — LaTanya Richardson Copy Share Image
The history of Oregon is partially the history of a state that legislated not wanting black people around. — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
I don't want the Obama era to be more about symbolism than substance when it comes to black people. I love him,… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
“In society’s daylight, black people are invisible. Black people are also invisible at night. Hooray for flashlights!” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
We need to dismantle the systems that were built on racism, that were built on the backs of black people. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
My 'Black Panther' run really wasn't about Black Panther. It was about Ross. It was about exploding myths about black superheroes, black… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
When I started, black people were either victims or they were the perpetrators; they were the boogie men who jumped out of… — Joe Morton Copy Share Image
I've always been the underdog, and I've always had to work much harder than the next person just to get a look.… — August Alsina Copy Share Image
In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Black people are on earth for one purpose: to destroy, and not to build. The reason: It's not in them to show… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
I'm thankful to be a mixed racial person in skateboarding. I'm part Japanese too, so when I go over to Japan everyone… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
It's extremely important for white athletes to speak out for racial justice. Black people and the black community have been fighting this… — Breanna Stewart Copy Share Image
Whether it's on the court or off, there's a sense of understanding that you get from - and I'm not going to… — Jerami Grant Copy Share Image
“White people were, and are, astounded by the holocaust in Germany. They did not know that they could act that way. But… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Respectability politics is the dogged belief that if black people just shape up, dress right, and act right, racists would suddenly have… — Nikesh Shukla Copy Share Image
“I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn't know that black people could write books. I didn't know… — Endesha Ida Mae Holland Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, Trump has showed hateful inclinations toward many, many groups. Many groups. The most obvious: undocumented immigrants and Muslims. His comments that… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
“All these self-serving efforts by powerful factions to define their racist rhetoric as nonracist has left Americans thoroughly divided over, and ignorant… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“As Black people, if there is one thing we can learn from the 60s, it is how infinitely complex any move for… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Slavery wasn't something that grew up in the American South. and black people were not the first to be slaves in America.… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
There is no difference. So what, the skin color is a different shade? But what the heck should that mean? Why should… — Amber Hope Copy Share Image
I have never really understood why in this country so many people look down on black people. — Lonnie Johnson Copy Share Image
The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place. — Algee Smith Copy Share Image
Systemically, there hasn't been an oppression more overt and long-lasting than economic oppression against black people and minorities in this country. — Kerby Jean-Raymond Copy Share Image
I'm not gonna force something or fake something to try to get more black people at my shows. I'm not gonna do… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
It's time for us as Black people to realize that we can do more than one thing. — Mase Copy Share Image
Black people created rock music, it's a fact. Black people created bluegrass and rock and roll way before Elvis Presley and The… — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
Addressing the moral failings of black people while ignoring the centuries-old failings of their governments amounts to a bait and switch. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
We're human beings, we look at situations, we see people hurting. We see our people, Black people, hurting, and your heart breaks,… — Matthew Slater Copy Share Image
“In the future, as in the present, as in the past, black people will build many new worlds. This is true. I… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
Plenty of black people that I know have been on 'SNL,' and they haven't been utilized to the best of their abilities. — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
Being single means you're strong and patient enough to wait for someone who deserves your worth — Wwwblackwhiteromancecom Copy Share Image
The way Hollywood and TV is, black people don't have any choice but to see ourselves in white-dominated television shows and stories… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years, — Geraldo Rivera Copy Share Image
I was guided by Allah (God) to give a yardstick to the voting public, particularly Black people as to what will set… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
