I sometimes wish I were African American because people don't bash them afterward. It's the hardest to be a woman. — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
“I have often wondered whether the white people who know we are kin actually see us as family. It's critical for me… — Michael W. Twitty Copy Share Image
Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I said, 'Who said African American founders can't build a billion dollar company?' — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
I have been guilty of watching Westerns without acknowledging that Native Americans have gone through the same madness as African Americans. Isn't… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
“Any notion that drug use among blacks is more severe or dangerous is belied by the data; white youth have about three… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not… — Johnny Otis Copy Share Image
The criminal justice system was strategically employed to force African Americans back into a system of extreme repression and control, a tactic… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
When I got my success, I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard.… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
There's only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate. He's half African-American. Whether that… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
People ask me if I miss the States. I miss African Americans. But not the U.S. government or all the things they… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
It is disingenuous to imply that my father was a Republican. He never endorsed any presidential candidate, and there is certainly no… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
My plays aren't stylistically the same. Just being an African-American woman playwright on Broadway is experimental. — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
I'm interested in Native American and African American stories, and LGBTQ stories and stories of persons of mixed heritage. These are the… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
Happy black history month to all my African Americans thanks to all the African American men and women who lead us so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm tri-racial: African-American, Native American and Euro - that's the Scotch-Irish part. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African American community, the civil rights community is oddly quiet.” — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We have to protect our inner cities, because African-American communities are being decimated by crime, decimated. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
It is a cultural tradition that makes New Orleans what it is. It also represents the roots of American music and an… — Bill Taylor Copy Share Image
The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant… — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president. — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
As N.Y.C. Public Advocate, I released a report that showed that stop-and-frisks of African Americans in 2012 were barely half as likely… — Bill de Blasio Copy Share Image
I walk into office, which is the casting office for CBS in New York. Mainly what they cast out of this office… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
