It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
There's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in… — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
“The general public typically traces the death of Jim Crow to Brown v. Board of Education, although the institution was showing signs… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
“a cracked yolk split between her thighs. she rushed to clean up her shame. yellow stained her hands; yellow stained her child,… — Mecca-Amirah Jackson Copy Share Image
Food historian Jessica B. Harris says African American cuisine is simply what black people ate. When I think about what my family… — Bryant Terry Copy Share Image
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I am tired with hyphenated Americans! We are not Indian-Americans, or African-Americans. — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
The point is, you have an ethnic heritage and you have a human heritage. Your human heritage includes everything of human value. — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
In Palm Beach, Florida, tough community, a brilliant community, a wealthy community, probably the wealthiest community there is in the world, I… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
First we have to recognize that the cause of poverty is both structural and behavioral. And the first thing about the behavior… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
This [2016] election is also about, so importantly to me, African-American and Hispanic-American people whose communities have been plunged into crime, poverty… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Stand-ups are always good to see on YouTube. There's a guy named Mike Head who lives in Cleveland. He's great. He's an… — Allison Jones Copy Share Image
I've been in that 'can't fail' position a lot. The first African American to be the vice chief of the Army; the… — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us. — Cynthia McKinney Copy Share Image
“The Jim Crow South,” writes Ira Katznelson, a history and political science professor at Columbia, “was the one collaborator America’s democracy could… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
"First female president." That's it, and that's nowhere near, by the way, as powerful or penetrating as the first African-American president. I… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires. — June Jordan Copy Share Image
I remember talking to old-school African American grandpops, and they're just like, 'When I saw my wife, I looked up from across… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I'm one of those persons who think that watching black people suffer is not an idea of entertainment. I know a lot… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
You know, Hillary Clinton's out there saying, we need smart diplomacy. We need to do smart power. And that means empathizing with… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I am fine with my books being categorized as African-American literature but I hope they are also considered Haitian-American literature and American… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Let us stop saying 'white Americans' and 'colored Americans,' let us try once and for all saying... Americans. Let human beings be… — Josephine Baker 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
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