I am more of a conservationist, myself. And people have come to me and said, "Wow, you're an African-American conservationist!" And my… — Jerome Ringo Copy Share Image
“Ebony magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans and one of the 150 most powerful blacks in the… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I go back to the parallels with 1963, 1964 when white America really became aware of the brutality of segregation, the cruelty… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
We still have too many Americans who give in to their fears of those who are different from them. Not so long… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans. — Mary Landrieu Copy Share Image
If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“After situating herself on a huge flat-sided rock, Baby Suggs bowed her head and prayed silently. The company watched her from the… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I know that if a team had a derogatory name for African Americans, I would help those who helped extinguish that name.… — Mike Carey Copy Share Image
Congressman Berg will repeatedly talk about Harry Reid and Barack Obama, and I find it interesting, because this morning, when I woke… — Heidi Heitkamp Copy Share Image
“those African Americans who did manage to penetrate the skilled trades mostly were consigned to low-wage work. According to Social Security Administration… — Karl Alexander Copy Share Image
I have written a song that says: If you ever lose someone dear to you, never say the words, "They're gone," and… — Prince Copy Share Image
“But I like my big Afro. I also liked when my hair was longer and relaxed. I’m happy to have choices. They’re… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
My administration is going to work with everybody in the African-American community in the inner cities, and what a big difference that… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
“What are you complaining about? If they don’t want you over here, why don’t you go over on Hastings Street and get… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of… — Benjamin Banneker Copy Share Image
I never said I wasn’t Black… I want to make that very clear. I said, I am not African-American. I never expected… — Raven-Symone Copy Share Image
Identity is very personal...identity is political. My identity is what is and it is what it's gonna be. And I don't think… — Jamilah Lemieux Copy Share Image
Groups like the NAACP, The Anti-Defamation League, NOW and GLAAD, will respond to derisive language directed at their constituents. The price paid… — John C. McGinley Copy Share Image
