In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we did create Color of Change, an organization which focused on African-Americans in particular, because we… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
There's only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate. He's half African-American. Whether that… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
“Luna was remote and ladylike. The only time anyone had ever seen Luna angry was when someone referred to her as 'African-American'.… — Linda Howard Copy Share Image
I know some African-Americans, they happen to be conservative, they're successful. They, of course, have raised their kids, and kids can't escape… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Since we were renamed, and now it feels like 80 percent of the African-American population has the name Washington or Jefferson or… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I'm always talking about how representation is such an important thing - it's not just a request, it's a requirement - it… — Bianca Belair Copy Share Image
In the United States, if you're African-American, it can be assumed that your family has been here for generations. In Europe, colonialism… — Zazie Beetz Copy Share Image
Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
The very rights that we supposedly won for African Americans in the civil rights movement no longer exist for those labeled felons.… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Words have consequences, and I judge people not only by their words but what they do. And if you look at people… — Joan Walsh Anglund Copy Share Image
In a one-hour documentary, you can tell maybe ten stories. That's how the documentary is structured. I wrote to forty of the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I wanted to show that an African-American artist could make it in this country on a national level in the graphic arts.… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
There are not a lot of young African-American guys who come through the video room. I wanted to make sure I was… — David Fizdale Copy Share Image
Donald intends to represent all the people, not just some of the people. That includes Christians and Jews and Muslims; it includes… — Melania Trump Copy Share Image
Something that is interesting about the current polling is that, as you watch Hillary's [Clinton] numbers fluctuate, part of the reason that… — Bill Burton Copy Share Image
“Hispanic and African American neighborhoods had been targeted by the subprime lending industry: renters were lured into buying bad mortgages, and homeowners… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“The South believed an educated Negro to be a dangerous Negro. And the South was not wholly wrong; for education among all… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
I think you had the GOP down there in North Carolina reaching out to African-American voters and this guy coming on television… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
“racism is about the power of a group and in America it’s white folks who have that power. How? Well, white folks… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Actively we have woven ourselves with the very warp and woof of this nation-we have fought their battles, shared their sorrow, mingled… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
KFC is not black owned, but it sure knows to market heavily to African Americans - obviously hoping we won-t care about… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies. If you take music and the arts out… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
When people see Barack Obama, they don't necessarily see an African-American president. They see someone who is a child of immigrants. They… — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
Racism is worse than ever. Violence is worse than ever. The economy's worse than ever. Unemployment's worse than ever. And it's Democrats… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Some of my Black sistas don’t know any better, so I’d like to give them some enlightening food-for-thought. Many of them are… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
There's less than one percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than four of five… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
But of course, now we're told we're in recovery but this sure doesn't feel like a recovery to more than 9 percent… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
The share of Americans who say race relations are bad in this country is the highest it's been in decades, much of… — Lester Holt Copy Share Image
We can't all work in the inner city. And, I don't even think that it is incumbent upon an African-American intellectual to… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
You never hear about a pit bull doing anything good in the media. And they have a stigma to them... and, in… — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image
The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal… — Mary Frances Berry Copy Share Image
We all remember that [Donald] Trump was one of the leaders of the so-called birther movement trying to delegitimize the presidency of… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
“According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, our country has been experiencing an “explosive growth in extremist-group activism across the United States”… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share Image
“In the first years after the Revolutionary War, Baptist evangelicals in the South as well as throughout the country were deeply opposed… — Andrew Himes Copy Share Image
Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
“All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science. But that passion… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
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