We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness. — Yvette Clarke Copy Share Image
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
“At the time, the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration not only refused to insure mortgages for African Americans in designated white… — Richard Rothstein Copy Share Image
I'm also working on another independent film called Roxanne, Roxanne, about Roxanne Shante, who was one of the first African American battle… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
The black immigrant experience in the U.S. must be understood not in contrast to the African American experience but as an integral… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
I love "Phenomenal Woman." The experiences she had of being African American in the U.S. - that itself is a task. I… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
“It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
But of course, now we're told we're in recovery but this sure doesn't feel like a recovery to more than 9 percent… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
But one of the things I have learned during the time I have spent in the United States is an old African… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
I do not share the gloomy thought that Negroes in America are doomed to be stomped out bodaciously, nor even shackled to… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
“The Truly Disadvantaged, the most important book written about poverty in the past three decades. It was Wilson who first observed, famously,… — Kathryn Edin Copy Share Image
“Rochester became a magnet for African Americans in the twentieth century, one of many northern industrial cities that blacks flocked to during… — Rick Wartzman Copy Share Image
It appears that my worst fears have been realised: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed. — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
“I understand we all have our differences. But while learning about history I've read about white people coming together, Jews coming together,… — Jonathan Anthony Burkett Copy Share Image
Have you seen any African American athlete that appeals to the urban market actually bring that market to the MMA? — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
The blues style - moody or rollicking or boastful or bashful - developed in the Delta around 1900 and was, for a… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Was love ever easy for anyone? If less complicated, would this make it less appreciated? Perhaps love was difficult for good reason.… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
“All of your power is in the present moment. Grounding is the process that helps keep us in the present.” — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Science arouses a soaring sense of wonder. But so does pseudoscience. Sparse and poor popularizations of science abandon ecological niches that pseudoscience… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
