African american Quotes · Page 30

When you do a film, you know you're shooting for 6 or 9 weeks, you've got your cast and crew. Overall, no…

— Vivica A. Fox

You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people…

— Jessica Williams

African American women, and moms in particular, are evicted at disproportionately high rates.

— Matthew Desmond

Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music.

— Johnny Otis

You don't decide you're hip. It just happens that way.

— Cannonball Adderley

My father had the main barber- and beauty-supply business in the African-American community in Buffalo.

— Helene D. Gayle

I hope that more [African-Americans] decide to play after seeing the things that I was able to accomplish; not only myself, but…

— Dontrelle Willis

I always thought books were just the canon, things I couldn't identify with. And then I was introduced to really amazing multicultural…

— Matt de la Pena

Now goverments are a different thing. Presidents who do not want me. As I said, an African-American discriminates against an indigenous Bolivian.…

— Evo Morales

My mother birthed three children and she adopted myself and another African-American son. My adoptive parents were Finnish. I grew up in…

— Michael Franti

I think Muslims in particular are facing similar obstacles African Americans did, historically.

— Ibtihaj Muhammad

“Hispanic and African American neighborhoods had been targeted by the subprime lending industry: renters were lured into buying bad mortgages, and homeowners…

— Matthew Desmond

The whole idea of the first female president is not nearly as momentous or exciting as the first African-American.

— Rush Limbaugh

I've always believed that I could do whatever I set my mind to do.

— Alice Coachman

“In the biological sense, race does not exist.”

— Abhijit Naskar

In 2008, the Democrats made a great effort among African-American voters, and they did increase their turnout considerably, and among Latino voters.

— Judy Woodruff

This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.

— Maya Angelou

“Black Fatherhood is an incomparable gift to Black men that truly comprehend what it means to be called dad, daddy, father, or…

— Stephanie Lahart

While the banks got big bailouts, a sizeable chunk of African-American wealth evaporated because so many people lost homes.

— Julianne Malveaux

We live in a very powerful country that has worldwide impact. It really is a democracy, so it puts a call to…

— David Beckmann

“I was just trying to demonstrate to the students of Rowland University that Rowland University was not infinite. It had taken me…

— Jon Woodson

Precisely that, covering 500 years of African-American history in six hours. I've been working on this for seven years. The biggest challenge…

— Henry Louis Gates

Jimmer Fredette is the best scorer in the world!!

— Kevin Durant

You can take back all the things you give, But you can't take back the days you live. Life is to some…

— Too $hort

22 million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America.

— Malcolm X