African american Quotes · Page 58

The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.

— Ed Gillespie

Police officers are the best of us. And the men and women, white, African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, they put their lives on…

— Mike Pence

There will always be some curve balls in your life. Teach your children to thrive in that adversity.

— Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

My mama is African American and from Wisconsin. My baba was born in Iran. My parents have stressed the idea of creating…

— Yara Shahidi

The first thing I did [in Michigan] was join a picket line of a pizzeria in Ann Harbor in 1963 that didn't…

— Bill Ayers

I'm not afraid of who I am. I'm not afraid to tell the world who I am. I'm Michael Sam, I'm a…

— Michael Sam

I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire.

— Deion Sanders

When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African…

— Eric Holder

I guarantee that the seed you plant in love, not matter how small, will grow into a mighty tree of refuge. We…

— Afeni Shakur

She could be african american, caucasion or asian

— Kid Cudi

My dream is to be able to use the technology that was used in Tanzania 50 years ago.

— Renatus Nsangano

I'm always telling people baseball needs to be more prominent in the African American community. What a better way to do so,…

— Matt Kemp

Words can't even describe how much Olympic medals means to me, because of all the hard work, sacrifice and effort I put…

— Gabby Douglas

Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.

— Susan L. Taylor

I hope we can see African American characters as the diva, as the villain, and also as the praying mother. We are…

— Angela Robinson

But at the same time you can't...

— Angela Davis

Just as if you do a mash-up of reality from the point of view of African Americans in this country, you're going…

— Margaret Atwood

“Put your hand over your heart and say aloud, “I am not alone.” Your ancestors walked before you and we, your sisters…

— Abiola Abrams

When I think of the Harlem Renaissance, I think of bright colors, and bold, dynamic art. African American artists of the period…

— Nikki Grimes

You know somethin', man? Some day I'm gonna be walkin' up the street one way and you're gonna be comin' down the…

— Chick Webb

Remember who you are and whose you are.

— Thea Bowman

The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I…

— Octavia Spencer

Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,...

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I don't think there is such a definition of a perfect family, but I do think that our marriages are in crisis.…

— Leah Ward Sears