I see 'Cyborg' as probably the most iconic African American superhero within all of the comic worlds. — Joivan Wade Copy Share Image
My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. We own this shit.… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
My father has passed away. He was African-American. My mother is white. So I was adopted by a couple that was of… — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
Um, 'Soul Food'... Another wonderful little movie that could. Here's a film that, I think our budget was maybe $6 million. We… — Vivica A. Fox Copy Share Image
“African Americans, like other groups, have always tried to translate upward class mobility into geographic mobility, but remain physically and psychically close… — Mary Pattillo Copy Share Image
During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in… — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
As America knows, Obama turned down the lucrative career path guaranteed to the first African-American president of The Harvard Law Review to… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
There's a sorry history of these kinds of charges of bias being leveled at women and judges of color, and also gay… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
The Democratic Party, the mainstream media are using fear to control people and to control African Americans in particular. You cannot function… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
Most Americans who made it past the fourth grade have a pretty good idea who Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
I think the most critical needs of the African-American communities aren't being addressed primarily because of decisions being made by Republican Congressional… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music. — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
Let's say hypothetically, knowing what we know now about public policy, that we could close the education gap so that it was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The War on Drugs is a war on people, but particularly it's been a war on low-income people and a war on… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women -… — Leah Ward Sears Copy Share Image
Sen. Joe Biden, on the day of announcing his candidacy for president of the United States, called Barack Obama the first mainstream… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Black children need to see their lives reflected in the books they read. If they don't, they won't feel welcome in the… — Valerie Wilson Wesley Copy Share Image
“Inspire, celebrate, and empower our Black males. Support them in becoming confident, intelligent, strong, capable, and powerful Black men, teens, and boys.… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
I started to study the flute in 1951. The flute has been utilized by African-American musicians as far back as the early… — Yusef Lateef Copy Share Image
Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Obamanomics, his imposition of European-style socialism, is not working for African-Americans. It is not working for Latinos and African-Americans. — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
