Take that bone out of your nose and call me back (to an African American female caller). — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements… — Eliot Engel Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time. — Dionne Warwick Copy Share Image
I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
The truth is... everything counts. Everything. Everything we do and everything we say. Everything helps or hurts; everything adds to or takes… — Countee Cullen Copy Share Image
Stop using the word 'Negro.' The word is a misnomer from every point of view. It does not represent a country or… — Mary Church Terrell Copy Share Image
We must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
America is - and will always be - a success story. We have African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and members of other… — Markwayne Mullin Copy Share Image
A lawyer’s either a social engineer or … a parasite on society … A social engineer [is] a highly skilled, perceptive, sensitive… — Charles Hamilton Houston Copy Share Image
I am honored to have Ajamu Baraka as a running mate. I think he brings enormous credibility in the disenfranchised communities, not… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
What's sometimes called the 'browning' of the American Catholic church is very much on the minds of many U.S. bishops - and… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
We have a wonderful history behind us. ... If you are unable to demonstrate to the world that you have this record,… — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
Everybody knows this legend in kind of African-American lore. There's always somebody in your neighborhood named Orangejello or Lemonjello. And that's spelled… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
My mother was the first African-American policewoman in Seattle - recruited, actually - and she did it for only 2 years, as… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
This is a landmark work in the history of African American studies and American intellectual history. Writing with verve, Jackson brings to… — Werner Sollors Copy Share Image
My mother's from Texas. Small town outside of Waco called Downsville. And my father's from Nigeria. And so I guess I'm properly… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
If you look at sentencing in America, African-Americans and Latinos get sentenced for the same crimes at very different rates. — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
“Enslaved African Americans built the modern United States, and indeed the entire modern world, in ways both obvious and hidden.” — Edward E. Baptist Copy Share Image
There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports. — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
Unfortunately there was one thing that the white South feared more than Negro dishonesty, ignorance, and incompetency, and that was Negro honesty,… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
For African-American people, I am in the business of inventing a reality that gives a different perspective - on history, on crime,… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
I think the most critical needs of the African-American communities aren't being addressed primarily because of decisions being made by Republican Congressional… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
My friend was about to introduce me when she looked at me and smiled and said, "Whose little boy are you?" — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
The more knowledgeable the African-American woman becomes about herself and her history, the more attractive her personality becomes. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that each of us-no matter what our age or background or walk of life-each of us has something to contribute… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We had particular policies in this country that resulted in the larger share of poverty that we have in African-American communities. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
As an African American child growing up in the segregated South, I was told, one way or another, almost every day of… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
“As the historian David Krugler explains, “African Americans were not so much rioting as fighting back, counterattacking, repelling violence; above all, resisting.”79” — James Forman Jr Copy Share Image
He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Stand-ups are always good to see on YouTube. There's a guy named Mike Head who lives in Cleveland. He's great. He's an… — Allison Jones Copy Share Image
I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“by the year 2000, the lifetime risk of incarceration for black high school dropouts was ten times higher than it was for… — James Forman Jr Copy Share Image
I always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to. — Philip Freelon Copy Share Image
I think Muslims in particular are facing similar obstacles African Americans did, historically. — Ibtihaj Muhammad Copy Share Image
Obama a ‘light-skinned’ African-American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one. — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
I was ignorant before I did my research of a lot of African American police officers out there who are doing their… — John David Washington Copy Share Image
I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
We're also going to fix our inner cities. Forty-five percent of African-American children are - under the age six - are living… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
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