“men, especially in the African American community” know they’re not supposed to cry or “bow down,” — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
Black History Month is a poignant time for the entire country, but particularly the African American community. — Jaime Harrison Copy Share Image
“Americans are generally incapable of perceiving class differences among blacks and are quick to ascribe antisocial underclass behavior to all African Americans.” — Leon Dash Copy Share Image
Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
African-Americans now 45 percent poverty in the inner cities. The education is a disaster. Jobs are essentially nonexistent. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
If you're African American, you are forced into making different choices, in a lot of cases, than you are as a white… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics. — Lynn Swann Copy Share Image
All Blaxploitation is, is the opportunity for an African-American cast or lead actor or actress to do the same things that a… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
“So much was lost - names, faces, ages, ethnic identities - that African Americans must do what no other ethnic group writ… — Michael W. Twitty Copy Share Image
“Between 2009 and 2011, nearly half of all renters in Milwaukee experienced a serious and lasting housing problem.14 More than 1 in… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I had this idea that I wanted to do this mixture of visions of African American women and visions of African American… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
My father is Nigerian; my mother is from Texas and African-American. My father was the first in his family to go to… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
“The idea that the commodification and suffering and forced labor of African Americans is what made the United States powerful and rich… — Edward E. Baptist Copy Share Image
The virtue of female slaves is wholly at the mercy of irresponsible tyrants, and women are bought and sold in our slave… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
When caring for your neighbor becomes a compulsory obligation imposed by government instead of voluntary, charity turns to confiscation and freedom to… — Star Parker Copy Share Image
The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
You have a 45mm automatic pistol on your lap, and I have a 35mm camera on my lap, and my weapon is… — Gordon Parks Copy Share Image
A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
Obamanomics, his imposition of European-style socialism, is not working for African-Americans. It is not working for Latinos and African-Americans. — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
Even though I'm an African-American woman, it's not different from any other Bachelorette. — Rachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
The whole idea of the first female president is not nearly as momentous or exciting as the first African-American. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously,… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I really truly respect and honor the fact that the majority of my district is African-American and that I have to make… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission… — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
“Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Much of the foundation of our criminal justice system is derived from slave patrols and was created when African Americans could still… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic. — Janice Dickinson Copy Share Image
“The white folks like for us to be religious, then they can do what they want to with us.” — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
Good English, well spoken and well written will open more doors than a college degree... Bad English will slam doors you don't… — William Raspberry Copy Share Image
To those African-Americans suffering in our country, I say, what do you have to lose? Vote for Trump, I'm going to fix… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
With President Trump, we've seen the lowest ever African-American and Hispanic unemployment. — Steve Hilton Copy Share Image
[According to Twitter] 24 percent of American Twitter users are African-American. That's about twice as high as African-Americans are represented in the population. — Ethan Zuckerman Copy Share Image
Stereotypical and hurtful tropes about Jews are widely accepted in the African American community. — Jemele Hill Copy Share Image
I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
My high school coach is an African American studies teacher, so I respect his perspective as an older white guy who has… — Fred VanVleet Copy Share Image
To fully understand the black immigrant experience in the U.S., we must understand it not in contrast to the African-American experience, but… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of African-American superheroes. I've been reading comics since I was eight or nine years old. Luke Cage stood… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Had middle class black women begun a movement in which they had labeled themselves "oppressed," no one would have taken them seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It will be up to each of you to make sure that the young people, African Americans, Latinos, and women, who powered… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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