“... Harlem was home; was where we belonged; where we knew and were known in return; where we felt most alive; where,… — Ossie Davis Copy Share Image
We both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
And then there was moments with white guy where like we would be in Harlem. There would be five brothers in the… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean was all smiles, well smirks, after picking up the endorsement of former Vice President Al Gore at… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I talked to my mother about it a lot. I asked her what it was like to grow up in New York… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
Im grateful for my health, glad Im making people laugh, glad my wife still likes me after a lotta years, grateful my… — David Alan Basche Copy Share Image
“About the time I was 17 and graduated from high school, I went to Harlem, and that was a most beautiful place… — Oliver W. Harrington Copy Share Image
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
This is your heritage,' he said, as if from this dance we could know about his own childhood, about the flavor and… — Justin Torres Copy Share Image
I used to live in the Bronx, then I lived uptown on 106th St. and Broadway, and finally I moved to Harlem… — Regina Hall Copy Share Image
I've always thought it would be fun to update "Hansel and Gretel." I'd have these white parents in the suburbs with an… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
In Harlem, for instance, all of the stores are owned by white people, all of the buildings are owned by white people.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Before I started LimoLand, I mainly bought my clothes in Harlem, where I found clothing my size in fun colors. I still… — Jean Pigozzi Copy Share Image
Well, I couldn't play an instrument. I'd just stand up front and announce the numbers. They had me sing a little, but… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
In the Studio Museum in Harlem, when I was dealing with that community and dealing with my peers in the streets, it… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I am particularly conscious of my connection to the poets of the Harlem Renaissance because I, too, am a Black poet, born… — Nikki Grimes Copy Share Image
I started in theater when I was 14 in the Henry Street Playhouse on the Lower East Side in New York. You… — Jackee Harry Copy Share Image
I look around me and I don’t see any rock’n’roll at the moment. Instead it’s all choreography and stylists and wigs and… — Ronnie Spector Copy Share Image
When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance, we rarely get a definitive… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and… — Ossie Davis Copy Share Image
As a kid growing up and seeing so much strife taking place in society, and particularly on Blacks and people of color,… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
I grew up in Harlem. My grandmother was one of the best cooks around, but the first thing she did on Sunday… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
I was playing organ at a silent movie house at Harlem and they'd be showing some death scene on the screen. Likely… — Fats Waller Copy Share Image
The first time I went to New York, I went with my first boyfriend, Clark. His dad had just bought an apartment… — Kate Moss Copy Share Image
The short-range involves the long-range. Immediate steps have to be taken to reeducate our people into the, a more real view of… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
People are too afraid of uptown. A lot of people will tell you, like, "Don't go to Harlem. You can never go… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
I worked at an old folks' home once in Harlem, and I was an activities volunteer. I used to do all these… — Tony Danza Copy Share Image
I pass for a hypersensitive, reclusive neurotic, which I may well be, but I hope the year won't come when my anxieties… — Yves Saint Laurent Copy Share Image
“The people in Harlem know they are living there because white people do not think they are good enough to live anywhere… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
When I think of the Harlem Renaissance, I think of bright colors, and bold, dynamic art. African American artists of the period… — Nikki Grimes Copy Share Image
Blacks commit murder eight times more per capita than any other group in our society. If I had put all of my… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Liberals believe that crime is inextricably linked with poverty. In reality, most poor people never resort to crime, and some wealthy people… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of… — Ella Fitzgerald 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
Marcus Samuelsson is a chef who inspires me everyday. He has such a deep understanding of flavors and techniques. His food is… — Aaron Sanchez Copy Share Image
“I spent so much of my life on the outside that I began to doubt that I would ever truly be in… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
I don't know why people always compare me [ with Amiri Baraka] I was never part of the Black Arts Repertory Theater… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
“The projects in Harlem are hated. They are hated almost as much as policemen, and this is saying a great deal. And… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
I say over and over again that I am just standing on the shoulders of so many who have set this path… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
![“I don't know why people always compare me [ with Amiri Baraka] I was never part of the Black Arts Repertory Theater or the Black Arts Movement; people who claim that I was are wrong. I was downtown. I was living in Chelsea when they were operating in Harlem.” quote by Ishmael Reed](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2ec/ishmael-reed-7430_art_i-don-t-know-why-people-always-compare-m_1439827.jpg)
