African american Quotes · Page 16

This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president.

— Jennifer Granholm

Luxury is...to be able to take control of one's life, health, and the pursuit of happiness in a way that is joyful.

— Andre Leon Talley

Dream of the land , my soul is from. I hear a hand, stroke on the drum. Shades of delight, cocoa veiw.…

— Erykah Badu

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

“I think all black people who smile are beautiful You know what it took to get them there?”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.

— Jack Kemp

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is…

— Jimmy Carter

“All of your power is in the present moment. Grounding is the process that helps keep us in the present.”

— Abiola Abrams

I don't necessarily believe there's a message in the fact that I'm an African-American Republican. I think there is a message that…

— Tim Scott

There's not that many African-American quarterbacks, so we have to do a little bit extra. Because the percentage of us playing this…

— Donovan McNabb

“School of Resentment is a term coined by critic Harold Bloom to describe related schools of literary criticism which have gained prominence…

— Harold Bloom

Throughout African-American literature, the writer has, in a sense, been burdened by the necessity of pleading the case for the whole race.…

— Glenn Ligon

“Silicon Valley is not a perfect meritocracy, but it is open to all who are highly motivated. For example, there is a…

— Deborah Perry Piscione

There's this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above…

— Eddie Murphy

“I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn't know that black people could write books. I didn't know…

— Endesha Ida Mae Holland

The potential significance of Black feminist thought goes far beyond demonstrating that African-American women can be theorists. Like Black feminist practice, which…

— Patricia Hill Collins

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

— Michelle Obama

“If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison”

— Sean Liburd

I realized that with African American people, where we've been blocked from being all that God meant for us to be, I…

— Elijah Cummings

Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an…

— Jessica Chastain

Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with…

— Bobby McFerrin

Something about the fact that an African American had, given the long sad history of our country, now become President - that…

— Bill Ayers

Happy Black History Month. Everyone should try and learn about at least one African American daily...not just Martin Luther or Malcolm X.

— Anonymous

It requires enormous energy for us to cut the African American uninsured rate by a third. A lot of scars.

— Barack Obama

I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring.

— Uzo Aduba

I knew well that the only way I could get that door open was to knock it down; because I knocked all…

— Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance…

— Rodney Alexander

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy…

— Spike Lee

For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and…

— Virginia Hamilton

What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your…

— Oprah Winfrey

The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through…

— Nikki Giovanni

African-Americans are being disproportionately affected by, you know, the kind of misuse and abuse of power.

— Ras Baraka

I love being an African American female! I love my skin tone & learning about my ancestors.

— Anonymous

I think young people don't really know that much about the Civil Rights Movement and about the history of African Americans in…

— Don Lemon

I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate…

— Dave Chappelle

I did not know George Floyd personally, but I am African American just as he is. He is my brother.

— Porsha Williams

I think the African American community, the Latino community, the Native American communities have borne an unfair burden in the last century,…

— Van Jones

I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me…

— Tracee Ellis Ross

Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.

— Booker T. Washington

Hip-Hop isn't just music. It also a spiritual movement of blacks! You can't just call hip-hop a trend.

— Lauryn Hill