Black Quote by A'Lelia Bundles

Black films and television are growing and getting the recognition... and the opportunities.

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

I saw the general-market world, the white world. I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an…

— Don Cornelius

I'm trying to use euphemisms here, trying to avoid saying there was no television for black folks, which they knew was for them.

— Don Cornelius

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.

— Jim Henson

The way Hollywood and TV is, black people don't have any choice but to see ourselves in white-dominated television shows and stories and movies.

— Justin Simien

The truth of the matter is, there were shows that depicted black characters that were on in the '90s, and they gave everybody a…

— Logan Browning

I don't think there's been many chances for people to see a black, gay, pop experience and that's what I want to have with…

— MNEK

Black people watch more television than anybody else, which makes it legitimate to talk about television. Its anesthetizing effect has been quite real. But…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Considering the popularity of soaps with the African-American audience, it's grotesque that the entertainment industry, for all its vaunted liberalism, is lagging so far…

— Camille Paglia

The deals that were made for Black artists at that time were not the deals that were made for white artists.

— Solomon Burke

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd…

— Sam Mendes

I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to…

— Lena Waithe