It's undeniable there's been remarkable progress for African-Americans in this country. They've been elected senators and governors and running major corporations. But… — Dana Bash Copy Share Image
I've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife, -- this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases. — Elijah Cummings Copy Share Image
The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world: two million people. One out of every eight prisoners in the world… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
“Jimmy likely wrote all three editorials, and one, titled “Who Is for Law and Order?” carried his byline. He argued that the… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
What I consider to be the barometer for what is a rock artist and what is not, is somebody who has a… — Ian Astbury Copy Share Image
“African Americans own 2.7 percent of the nation’s wealth, and make up 40 percent of the incarcerated population.” — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“these instances bore none of the harrowing features of racially motivated torture, mutilation, and cruelty endemic to Euro-American lynching of African Americans.… — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
African American music can't happen in Germany or in Italy or in Mumbai. If America disappeared off the face of the Earth… — David Simon Copy Share Image
I guess I don't have a candidate who makes my heart go pitter-patter the way I wish it would. I'm thinking, here's… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
The designation is useful and necessary and sometimes limiting but it is only limiting to people who think, for example, that African-American… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
It's been obvious that [Republicans]'re doing everything they can to make [Obama] fail. And I hope, I hope - and I say… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
Every February, we celebrate the heritage and contributions of African Americans in North Carolina and around the country. North Carolina holds an… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
“She told him the origins of the “buck dance,” when “white people would come up and say ‘N____r, dance’, and then start… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
This whole notion that all African-Americans are not going to vote for Obama is not necessarily true. I believe a third would… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
I feel like there are not a lot of us, in terms of African American owners or creators. I'm trying to get… — Martellus Bennett Copy Share Image
“Understanding African American attitudes and actions on matters of crime and punishment requires that we pay careful attention to another topic that… — James Forman Jr Copy Share Image
African-American music tends to have, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to it - sometimes full-fledged hope. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics. — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
One of the ongoing crises in America is institutional racism. We have a very broken criminal justice system. We live in a… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image