African american Quotes · Page 5

To be a Negro in America is to hope against hope.

— Martin Luther King Jr

To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.

— James A. Baldwin

The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans.

— Mary Landrieu

You get tired of always fixing things, Maybe it's time to move on.

— Lisa's Voice

This supposed to be yall year? We aint get the memo.

— Drake

We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

— Barbara Jordan

How can we bridge the gap between... African-American males and white cops?

— GloZell

I appreciate this moment in time...ball players and actors be knowing my rhymes

— Common

“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

In today's US, it's possible for almost anyone - women, gays, African-Americans, Jews - to run for, and be elected to, high…

— Salman Rushdie

“Whenever a word ''nigga'' is spoken, It's always followed by the same question, Can white people say nigger ? and the correct…

— Anonymous

Black History Month is to celebrate African & African American excellence, not African & African American ignorance

— Anna

Electing the first African-American president was a tremendous accomplishment, but it hasn't erased racism.

— Jack Schlossberg

In American culture at large, but especially in African American culture, it's a sign of weakness to ask for help.

— Jesmyn Ward

“And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African American community, the civil rights community is oddly quiet.”

— Michelle Alexander

I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but…

— T. D. Jakes

“These were not idle threats. Suspected labor agents were arrested routinely whenever a trainload of African Americans left or when the fields…

— Carol Anderson

In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope…

— John Henrik Clarke

They [African-American community] have been abused and used in order to get votes by Democrat politicians, because that's what it is. They've…

— Donald Trump

I rebel at the notion that I can't be part of other groups, that I can't construct identities through elective affinity, that…

— Henry Louis Gates

I think Donald Trump is totally unfit to be president of the United States. Let's not forget, this guy was one of…

— Bernie Sanders

I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of…

— Oprah Winfrey

“African Americans weren’t the only ones who took a hit. The states of the Deep South, which fought Brown tooth and nail,…

— Carol Anderson

We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have…

— Chuck Woolery

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

— Maya Angelou

Fighting is a sport if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

— Mike Tyson

This life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not bring me satisfaction.

— Muhammad Ali

The possible has been tried and failed. Now it's time to try the impossible.

— Sun Ra

Liberal whites are the greatest enemy of African Americans.

— James Meredith

Fifty-eight percent of African- American youth don't have jobs.

— Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton's done a terrible job for the African-Americans.

— Donald Trump

A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We're all African-American, so we're all influenced by each other.

— Malaak Shabazz

I'm in the mood to get faded, so please bring your finest.

— Drake

I never ever ran from the Ku Klux Klan, and I shouldn't have to run from a black man.

— Kool Moe Dee

Michael Jackson National African American Art Examiner Series

— Aberjhani

African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us.

— Cynthia McKinney

Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred

— Booker T. Washington

Jesse Jackson's living depends on the maintenance of an African-American victim culture

— Mark Steyn

“Sentiments that glorify humanity know no racial distinction.”

— Abhijit Naskar