“Eventually, this black leadership pressured and negotiated independence for Nigeria, beginning in 1960.” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“We want freedom,' I say. 'We want the power to determine the destiny of our black and oppressed communities.” — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
I am very insecure about my looks, and I always have been because of being mixed race. — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King was never an up close and personal figure in the United States. — Taylor Branch Copy Share Image
The first thing you must do is forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black. — Pat Parker Copy Share Image
“Racial identity can be condemned, fought, ignored, or cultivated, but it is unrealistic for a society to pretend it does not exist.” — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
I would be ignorant to say colorism doesn't exist; it's gross and disgusting. — Jurnee Smollett-Bell Copy Share Image
I truly believe that one of the things that has been lacking in the USA is a spirit of repentance about the… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
There's an ideology that's taken hold of universities, that has taken hold of elite establishments, that is committed to the myth of… — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
A few years ago no hotel or restaurant in Boston refused Negro guests; now several hotels, restaurants, and especially confectionary stores, will… — Ray Stannard Baker Copy Share Image
Everybody has asked the question . . . 'What shall we do with the Negro?' I have had but one answer from… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
If you come out with racist comments, then I believe you shouldn't be allowed to come to a football match. Don't be… — Rio Ferdinand Copy Share Image
I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
From this observed behavior a major psychological truth about this race of forked destroyers may be deduced: that, just as nature abhors… — Soseki Natsume Copy Share Image
The black community now in many ways divided itself the way the larger white community divides itself, over class issues. And that… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
To put it simply, as a black man, I started watching films at the age of six, and I've since seen the… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Are we that self-centered to believe no one in the world is aware of racism right now? That, as athletes, we solve… — Avery Bradley Copy Share Image
A growing body of social science research reveals that atheists and non-religious people in general, are far from the unsavory beings many… — Gregory S. Paul Copy Share Image
Women are dirt searchers; their greatest worth is irradicating rings on collars and tables. Never mind real-estate boards' corruption and racism, here's… — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr's agenda was not to help Negroes overcome American apartheid in the south. It was to make America democracy… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
There is not a history of black intellectuals being allied with dominant forces to hold white people in social and cultural subordination… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
As for the not-black black president issue - white people can imagine blacks worse off than them, no problem. And now they… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
