To me, Harlem is one of the most important places on the earth, particularly when it comes to talking about African Americans. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I grew up upper-class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We're African-American, and we work together as a family, so people… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
The more knowledgeable the African-American woman becomes about herself and her history, the more attractive her personality becomes. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Look for all of the possible missteps in the following scenario. My friend Amy arrived at a consultation with her Hispanic business… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone. — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
I did want to mark the fact that it was the first African-American to win the Lead Actress category.I thought it was… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“until the last quarter of the twentieth century, racially explicit policies of federal, state, and local governments defined where whites and African… — Richard Rothstein Copy Share Image
This feeling African-Americans have, this skepticism towards the police and the skepticism that the police show towards African-Americans is actually quite old.… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
In the industry, artists of of color struggle the most. Caucasian artists have really solidified themselves in the industry, and with African… — Mena Massoud Copy Share Image
It is not possible to erase racism just because African-Americans have reached a level of financial success and crossover appeal. — Farrah Gray Copy Share Image
Many, many people of the Revolutionary generation, the generation that fought in the Revolutionary War, understood that slavery was somehow in contradiction… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
To prevent the death of mothers across our country, we must expand research, implement researched best practices, and fiercely work to understand… — Abigail Spanberger Copy Share Image
“The truth is, white rage has undermined democracy, warped the Constitution, weakened the nation’s ability to compete economically, squandered billions of dollars… — Carol Anderson Copy Share Image
You just try to do everything that comes up. Get up an hour earlier, stay up an hour later, make the time.… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
“According to the surgeon general, obesity today is officially an epidemic; it is arguably the most pressing public health problem we face,… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are looking at me, and it's… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Not that long ago - in my parents' lives, in fact - actors in minstrel shows wore blackface to mimic and mock… — Wayne Messam Copy Share Image
“It is not enough for the Negroes to declare that color-prejudice is the sole cause of their social condition, nor for the… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
I think Dr. King would be pleased to see the number of elected officials of color - African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
If you don't have a bed, or a dresser or a wall, or a book or a toy you are oppressed. An… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
