I believe that each of us-no matter what our age or background or walk of life-each of us has something to contribute… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“As law enforcement budgets exploded, so did prison and jail populations. In 1991, the Sentencing Project reported that the number of people… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
How do we in the African American community build a culture in which we are saying to our kids, "Here's what it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
God is present in everything. In the universe in creation, in me and all that happens to me, in my brothers and… — Thea Bowman Copy Share Image
“When I was a child, to call someone 'black' was an insult, a curse word, something that made you fight. But to… — Bonnie Greer Copy Share Image
Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American.… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
I am a colored woman or a Negro woman. Either one is OK. People dislike those words now. Today these use this… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think no matter how one is born, no matter how one acts, there is something out of gear with one… — Jessie Redmon Fauset Copy Share Image
It's time we become comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations about race...Instead of being color blind, we need to be color brave. — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
The notion that black folks have nothing to learn from scholarship that may reflect racial or racist biases is dangerous. It promotes… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
African American writers and artists, by the very nature of what they do, will actually enhance or bring together people in a… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but… — Ric Keller Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
If one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life eventually, no matter whether… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
I serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama]… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
When you're Jamaican, you don't consider yourself African American even though everyone else considers you that. — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
I use African-American, because I teach African Studies as well as African-American Studies, so it's easy, neat and convenient. But sometimes, when… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“counterparts. Although the lower-SES average is higher overall, higher-SES white men have the highest reported levels of binge drinking, of any drug… — Karl Alexander Copy Share Image
African-Americans are being disproportionately affected by, you know, the kind of misuse and abuse of power. — Ras Baraka Copy Share Image
In terms of addressing some of the most impacted communities and historically excluded communities - often of color, often low income -… — Bryant Terry Copy Share Image
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
As CNN saw our growth in African-American viewership, they affirmed a fundamental truth of news coverage - people will watch you if… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
