When you graduate is when you start to find yourself looking at the information in the audition breakdown and it says tall… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
African American students have less access to algebra and more access to seclusion and restraint than do their white peers. The significant… — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
Your wealth can be stolen, but the precious riches buried deep in your soul cannot. — Minnie Riperton Copy Share Image
When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
We have to stop making excuses. One of the things that I'm careful to show is the horrendous effects of institutional and… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
When African-American police officers involved in a police action shooting involving an African-American, why would Hillary Clinton accuse that African-American police officer… — Mike Pence 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, how did… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
If it were in our national security to deploy to South Africa under apartheid, would we have found it acceptable or customary… — Martha McSally Copy Share Image
Take that bone out of your nose and call me back (to an African American female caller). — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we've always had a private notion of children.… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an African American. We are warehousing people as a profit to shareholders… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
For complicated historical and political reasons, we associate 'poor' in our public consciousness with 'black.' Terms such as 'welfare queen' and 'culture… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
You know Latin people? African-American people? How our skin ages more slowly? Even though we're dramatic, we move our faces, we eat… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“African Americans are not significantly more likely to use or sell prohibited drugs than whites, but they are made criminals at drastically… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I can do an hour-long speech about Democrats taking African Americans for granted, and I'd have a line behind me of very… — Emanuel Cleaver Copy Share Image
It's time for democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe. — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
“I really think the problem with our healthcare system narrows down to incomplete evaluation. If you have pain, you are given a… — Eric Berg DC Copy Share Image