“Since postslavery days and through to modern times, debate has raged in the African American community. What does it mean to wear… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“Words are power. The more words you know and can recognize, use, define, understand, the more power you will have as a… — Quraysh Ali Lansana & Georgia A. Popoff Copy Share Image
Be the buffalo. Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee nation, once told me how the cow runs away… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
“But class divisions influence criminal justice debates in black communities in less obvious ways as well: they explain, for example, why black… — James Forman Jr Copy Share Image
Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I had this idea that I wanted to do this mixture of visions of African American women and visions of African American… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
American high school culture was impenetrable to me, and very cliquey: you had the Hispanics, the African Americans, the surfer guys and… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
As an African American actress there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can… — Monique Coleman Copy Share Image
I love it when some people say they want racial equality, but still lock their car doors when an African American walks… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't believe for a minute anybody allowed people to suffer because they are African Americans. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
We can't all work in the inner city. And, I don't even think that it is incumbent upon an African-American intellectual to… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Beyond [Barack Obama] having made history as the first African-American president, I hope that he gets re-elected for what he does while… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general. — Leah Ward Sears Copy Share Image
There was a time in the '90s where, as an African-American man, you had to be a misogynistic R&B star or a… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
“The temptation is to insist that black men 'choose' to be criminals; the system does not make them criminals, at least not… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
You know what needs to be done when you're a writer. You know what the job is, particularly if you're an African… — James McBride Copy Share Image
My own personal theory is that all popular music, in whatever form it is, to me, it all comes from Africa. Whether… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
I don’t believe it is possible to transcend race in this country. Race is a factor in this society. The legacy of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double. — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
Warren Moon and Doug Williams really didn't run that much. That's the negative stereotype when it comes to African-American quarterbacks, that most… — Robert Griffin III Copy Share Image
I'd been listening to African-American music since the first record I ever bought, which was by Sam Cooke. And it sounds more… — David Toop Copy Share Image
Obama was elected in a flourish of promise that many in the African-American community believed would help not only to symbolize African-American… — Douglas Wilder Copy Share Image
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