I am not an American; I am one of twenty-two million black people who are victims of Americanism. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
During the 19th-century struggle for women's rights in America, many saw a competition between rights for black people and those for women. — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
“I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the… — Allan Dare Pearce Copy Share Image
I've always taken pride to be the white guy that can talk to the black people, that can refer to them truly… — Duane Chapman Copy Share Image
We only put the negative black people on television. We don't put the good, hard-working black people. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
“Jordan had seen many black people in his lifetime, but none as black as this.” — Paul Moxham Copy Share Image
Kids that I went to school with didn't know how to interact with black people like that. There were only, like, three… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
When things aren't going well for black people, they blame the government. When things aren't going well for white people, they can't… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
The most important thing in my life is that trying to ameliorate, redeem, the image in particular of African American men, or… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
I heard black people sing and the emotion was overwhelming to me. The power of that with all the built in sorrow… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
I do identify with being black, and if people don't identify me that way, that's their issue. I'm happy to challenge people's… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about Georgia is, Atlanta is teeming with middle-class black people and black people with money - and yet there… — Richard Benjamin Copy Share Image
I have two younger brothers, and I know my parents have spoken to them about driving and interacting with police. They didn't… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
After Obama became president, I realized that black people could not have put him in the White House - it had to… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
The only thing I really feel is necessary is that the black people, not only in Mississippi, will have to actually upset… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
In America, the poor have been invisibilised, because obviously this model of success that has been held out to the world must… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Most of the things I'm talking about are essential human rights. I don't think it should be political to say that children… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Black History Month is a great celebration for Black people everywhere. I just hope we get to the point as Black people… — Crystal Robinson Copy Share Image
“I hate it when Africans fail to simply celebrate our features, without reminding us of the traumas they carry. Instead of making… — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
Light-skinned black people are seen to be closer to white people. The allegiance to lighter-skinned people has operated in a very destructive… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I think that we need more economic-based solutions to the problems afflicting the Black community, and I think that that's a way… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“Babylon was the government that had outlawed them, the police that had pummeled and killed them. Babylon was the church that damned… — Safiya Sinclair Copy Share Image
At night, I always walk down well-lit streets with lots of foot traffic. Far too many automatically deem Black people in dark… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Not all BLACK girls are stuck up, wear weave, talk loud, are hoes, get pregnant, are ghetto, or ignorant.. — Christian Heggs Copy Share Image
Black people, we built America, and we gave it all of its pop culture and all of its great musical genres. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
We must create a committee to address the long-standing discrimination against black people in America. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
I love Obama because he is proof all black people don't look alike. Nobody every told me, 'Good morning, Mr. President.' We… — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
We were taught in school that there was a fundamental difference between black people and white people - that we were superior. — Bruce Grobbelaar Copy Share Image
I have a no-die clause in every movie. The black people can't be dying all the time. — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
Your life has to consist of more than 'Black people should unite.' You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day. — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
Black people do not have AIDS because AIDS is a 'black disease'; black people are getting AIDS because most of them are… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
I was responsible for having a clean image. I wanted people to have respect for black people. — Leslie Uggams Copy Share Image
I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard. — Cynthia McKinney Copy Share Image
I carry a knife now because I read in a white magazine that all black people carry knives. So I rushed out… — Redd Foxx Copy Share Image
I have the utmost respect and 'aloha' for black people - who have already suffered so much due to racial discrimination and… — Duane Chapman Copy Share Image
I don't see what the big deal about Obama is. He's just another black man, asking for change. — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States - black people didn't have the right… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
