I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Things are shifting; man is evolving in many different ways. The Internet has created a portal for people to connect with each… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American. — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
I stand on the shoulders of so many who have come before me, including Judge Constance Baker Motley, who was the first… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money.… — Greg Oden Copy Share Image
At the heart of all that civilization has meant and developed is 'community' - the mutually cooperative and voluntary venture of man… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Black History Month is to celebrate African & African American excellence, not African & African American ignorance — Anna Copy Share Image
“I always said I wanted Essence to be like Time Warner, the publishing empire that had movies, books, and television, as well… — Edward Lewis Copy Share Image
Our inner cities are a disaster. You get shot walking to the store. They have no education. They have no jobs. I… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I think that when Riccardo Tisci wanted to bring more attention to the lack of African American presence on the runway, he… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in… — Malcolm D. Lee Copy Share Image
“It occurred to them for the first time in their lives that what's divine can come in dark skin.” — Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees Copy Share Image
A lot of African Americans, especially men, deal with this as a part of life. I've been pulled over by the police… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
“I know that there are some reading this who will sneer. Representation! It’s so soft, so wimpy, so liberal. Well, if you… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
The most dangerous place for an African-American in this country is in the womb. — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
I'd been taught from an early age that I was in the 'other' category on the standardized tests. You know, I had… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
“Felon disenfranchisement laws have been more effective in eliminating black voters in the age of mass incarceration than they were during Jim… — Michelle Alexander 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
Sex in the City was a different kind of phenomenon because of the show itself is a phenomenon and to me that's… — Blair Underwood Copy Share Image
I think others may look at the uniqueness of my candidacy, the fact that I'm an African-American, conservative tea party Republican, and… — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
“African Americans weren’t the only ones who took a hit. The states of the Deep South, which fought Brown tooth and nail,… — Carol Anderson Copy Share Image
I look in the eyes and I see the heart. As long as it's a human story. I would like to turn… — Angela Bassett Copy Share Image
But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, "the time… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
