“Far from fading away, it appears that prisons are here to stay. And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I am the first African-American chairman of any major conservation organization in history. That's a big step. — Jerome Ringo Copy Share Image
People have assumed that I have to run the ball before I can throw it most all of my career, all the… — Deshaun Watson Copy Share Image
In the closing years of the nineteenth century, African-American historians began to look at their people's history from their vantage point and… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I think 99.9% of our law enforcement officers are great Americans. Many of them are African American, Hispanic, Asian, they're working the… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“the black church helped African Americans survive the harshest forms of oppression and developed a revolutionary appeal for universal communal spirituality. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us. — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
“Organizations like the UN do a lot of good, but there are certain basic realities they never seem to grasp ...Maybe the… — Leymah Gbowee Copy Share Image
“Though some elements are magical Prue speaks the truth about the treatment of African Americans and veterans in this disquieting,mesmeric read.” — Michelle Anne Schingler Copy Share Image
The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I fully understand that the African-American community has suffered from discrimination and that there are many wrongs that must still be made… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Sure, there's a chunk of African-Americans out there who associate the Republican Party with racism, frankly particularly in the Deep South. It's… — Artur Davis Copy Share Image
The suburbanization and the ghettos that were created as a result of the limits of where [African-Americans] could live in the North… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
You see the one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not a Native American. I'm not politically… — Russell Means Copy Share Image
History teaches us no race, no people, no nation has ever been freed through cowardice, through cringing, through bowing and scraping, but… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Africans and persons of African descent must assume the primary responsibility and leadership in historical research....if we are to continue to leave… — Chancellor Williams Copy Share Image
I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
It's not just the over $8 billion that we would be saving in law enforcement; it's also the over $8 billion that… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
From my situation as an African American person in the U.S., people may look at me and think a certain thing without… — Kevin Olusola Copy Share Image
People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African American. They're not us. They're impostors, — Torii Hunter Copy Share Image
I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
