We have to realize our black heritage in order to give us strength to move on and progress. But as far as… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
I'm not so Pro-Israel'I'm Pro-Africa. Africa's greatest enemy of all time is the Arab Muslim Empire'they enslaved us for one thousand years… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
The most valuable blacks are those in prison, those who have the warrior spirit, who had a sense of being African. They… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
Every intelligent person whose life has been passed in a slaveholding State, and who has carefully observed the character and capacity of… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
The equilibrium you admire in me is an unstable one, difficult to maintain. My inner life was split early between the call… — Leopold Sedar Senghor Copy Share Image
It's very difficult, I would imagine, to distinguish father and daughter. And maybe some of it comes as I'm doing my thing… — Isabel dos Santos Copy Share Image
Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life,… — Corrine Brown Copy Share Image
Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I think all of my writing life led up to the writing of 'The Train Driver' because it deals with my own… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
The art, the greatness of the music, the experience of the music is what I'm about. I think most African artists have… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
I think there's no way of avoiding the South African or African influence from coming into my music, just because I spent… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I get so tickled when that pilot happens to be an African American because I rarely see that. The same is true… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
“Some of us have been hiding, shrinking, betraying ourselves, faking the funk, and playing small for so long that we believe that… — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
If it were in our national security to deploy to South Africa under apartheid, would we have found it acceptable or customary… — Martha McSally Copy Share Image
The poster boy for our superabled future is Oscar Pistorius, an increasingly famous South African sprinter who happens to have had both… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
There are many people still ashamed of their roots because of the negative connotations that come with being an 'African.' That sentiment… — Malachi Kirby Copy Share Image
When we play at the World Cup, any African will back any African team. Because we want to hear the different approach… — Yaya Toure Copy Share Image
When it comes to African Americans and African American actors, Hollywood has always felt that if you can make us laugh, that's… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
I think people hear and feel the genuine nature of my passion for the causes. Specifically, with the non-profit in Uganda, my… — Eliza Dushku Copy Share Image
Many people believe that determining who is 'black' is rather easy, a task simplified by the administration of the one-drop rule. Under… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without… — Yaya Toure Copy Share Image
The perception of linked fate and that feeling of being always on the spot as a representative of the race, at least… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
No country in Europe has a larger proportion of men and women of immigrant descent, mainly from the African continent and mainly… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
“More often than not, expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Malaysians talk with Mauritians, Arabs with Australians, South Africans with Sri Lankans, and Iranians with Indonesians. The Indian Ocean serves as both… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“I am a South African, a nation which is the result of an African graft on European stock and which is the… — Gary Player Copy Share Image
Being an African filmmaker, Africa is what's important for me. If I were to shot a film in France or elsewhere it… — Abderrahmane Sissako Copy Share Image
Typically, during recessionary times, particular groups suffer higher rates of unemployment -African Americans, and Latinos, and in some cases other minority groups.… — Hilda Solis Copy Share Image
My sister is a good story of resiliency. She had a full ride at UC Davis, but she left school to go… — Chili Davis Copy Share Image
What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade… — Yahya Jammeh Copy Share Image
Not only do African students deserve excellent universities, they deserve good elementary and secondary schools, too - and then, to have access… — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
“Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African, the African world considered me personal property. I lost the remaining shreds… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“Many millions of pregnancies—many if not most of which have each led to the birth of at least one child—were each used… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
It's not to say I don't want African players to hustle and play hard, but I also wanted to show we can… — Pascal Siakam Copy Share Image
The separate water foundations, park benches, bathrooms and restaurants of the Jim Crow South startled me. These experiences motivated my lifelong study… — James Heckman Copy Share Image
The average person on welfare can't afford fresh fruits and vegetables. But in my recipe, you're allowed to use vegetables out of… — Coolio Copy Share Image
The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
