... not all black women have silently acquiesced in sexism and misogyny within the African-American community. Indeed, many writers, activists, and other… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
I was filled with rage. These same people who accuse Planned Parenthood of ‘targeting’ African-American children, they care about you only while… — Gwen Moore Copy Share Image
“A tightrope walker uncertain if he could make it to the other side probably would not. A race car driver wondering if… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
All my playmates were black. I lived in a little community called Archery (ph) in a rural area. And I didn't have… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It's completely different, for instance, to report on poor farmers in Africa than it is to report on, say, poor African-Americans. The… — William Finnegan Copy Share Image
“I saw him enthusiastically greet a hulking big African American (Do they call them African Americans here?).” — Brett Kiellerop-Morris Copy Share Image
When I walk in the door sometimes, I'm already an anomaly. Because I'm working in a genre that African-American's don't typically engage… — Kevin Grevioux Copy Share Image
Colonization was the idea that once slavery ended African-Americans should be encouraged - or required, in some people's view - required to… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
“Lash had been explaining to her that it's impolite to refer to an African American as a nigga, unless one was another… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I've always said that my father is half black and half Venezuelan and my mother is Irish. But people don't understand. They… — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say… — Monte Irvin Copy Share Image
The possible has been tried and failed. Now it's time to try the impossible. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
For African American children, in particular, the odds are extremely high that they will have a parent or loved one, a relative,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
When people see Barack Obama, they don't necessarily see an African-American president. They see someone who is a child of immigrants. They… — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
I don't see black people as victims even though we are exploited. Victims are flat, one- dimensional characters, someone rolled over by… — Kristin Hunter Copy Share Image
One consequence of racism and segregation is that many American whites know little or nothing about the daily lives of African Americans.… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
America is not perfect. It took a bloody civil war to free over 4 million African Americans who lived enslaved. It took… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Thank you to my family, my fans and fans of other teams for their support. The NFL is a fraternity of brothers… — Adrian Peterson Copy Share Image
'Crazy Rich Asians' has been compared to 'Black Panther,' but I feel like that's a false equivalency. The idea that there's only… — Sonoya Mizuno Copy Share Image
“In Harlem, Negro policemen are feared more than whites, for they have more to prove and fewer ways to prove it” — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
