invidious is the fact that those ideas about African…

In a lot of movies, African-Americans are either maids or slaves, but that's not all they were. We need to show that. And we…

— Allison Schroeder

Michael Schultz's 'Cooley High' is a classic. Oftentimes, we don't get to see films about coming of age, especially for young African Americans.

— Salim Akil

You take a look at the history of African Americans in the US. There's been about thirty years of relative freedom. There was a…

— Noam Chomsky

Since the nations founding, African Americans repeatedly have been controlled through institutions such as slavery and Jim Crow, which appear to die but then…

— Michelle Alexander

The uncomfortable reality we must face is that California, like the nation as a whole, has treated generations of African Americans and Latinos as…

— Michelle Alexander

African Americans are doing a lot already, but I think we have an opportunity right now to change politics in a way that will…

— David Beckmann

“The black officer checks Daddy while his partner glances around at all of the onlookers. There's quite a few of us now. Ms. Yvette…

— Angie Thomas

Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and understandable, even to those who came from…

— Jim Webb

To those African-Americans suffering in our country, I say, what do you have to lose? Vote for Trump, I'm going to fix it.

— Donald Trump

“He (Zerubavel) draws attention to the social influences on perception (what people notice), attention and concern (what people care about), classification (how people categorize…

— Wendy Griswold

For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no abstract notion,…

— Tim Wise

“Alabama in 1927 alone, 27,701 men were arrested on misdemeanor charges and offered for sale by county sheriffs. In Blackmon’s estimation, “roughly half of…

— Ian Haney López

It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes, you know,…

— Michael Emerson

I know I'm more forgiving than most African Americans when it comes to second chances for White people who not only commit a racial…

— Jonathan Capehart

As African-Americans, we don't start with a blank slate, while other people may. In our position, there's always some sort of stereotype that is…

— Xavier Woods