“I am an American, proud to be an American, proud to be a black American. I’m not African-American. I’ve never been to… — Ken Hutcherson Copy Share Image
We forget the conditions - not only in slavery - but after slavery, when there was this purposeful locking out of African… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and… — Annie Ilonzeh Copy Share Image
Powerful people never educate powerless people in what they need that they can use to take the power away from powerful people;… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children… — William Labov Copy Share Image
When I was young, I dreamt of being a starlet in Hollywood. But there comes a point in every African American's life… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
Trump's position is that the people who are most victimised by black criminals are law-abiding black people, and he's been doing very… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being… — Naya Rivera Copy Share Image
We have to have a national conversation about how police forces should interact with the African-American community, who happens to be paying… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
African-American communities have suffered under Democratic control. To those, I say the following: What do you have to lose by trying something… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
My husband [Julius Tennon] and I started a production company. We've already optioned a book and some scripts to do exactly that,… — Viola Davis 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 Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, better known as the American Colonization Society was a group… — Captain Hank Bracker Copy Share Image
New Jersey for me is so alive with history. It's old, dynamic, African-American, Latino. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Recent events in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have reaffirmed for me, however, the complete folly of any Republican strategy to increase… — Ward Connerly Copy Share Image
I'm the whitest guy you will ever meet. The first time I saw an African-American, my dad had to tell me to… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
It is so painful to suggest that we go back to think about these days where an African-American could not be a… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
“The irony of Barack Obama is this: He has become the most successful black politician in American history by avoiding the radioactive… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person. Much to the chagrin of a lot of… — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
There are so many people that don't come in contact with black men. Whether they live in a homogeneous area that's mostly… — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image
We recriminalized black life. Incarceration rates since the 1908s have gone through the roof, overwhelmingly black males, women and Hispanics to some… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
No one would stand for it [being the fool in the media] in a minute if you took any other group -Native… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than… — Faye Wattleton Copy Share Image
My friend was about to introduce me when she looked at me and smiled and said, "Whose little boy are you?" — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
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