“NOTE: The character of Aoleon is deaf. This conversation takes place in the book via sign language... “Feeling a certain kind of… — S.H. Robinson Copy Share Image
“The challenge is more difficult because low-income African Americans today confront not only segregation but also the income stagnation and blocked mobility… — Richard Rothstein Copy Share Image
To be a survivor as an African American man - maybe any man - you have to be pretty tough. Or at… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
There's less than one percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than four of five… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
African-Americans have rarely been the beneficiaries of Presidential rhetorical excess. — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty. — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
I think the African American community, the Latino community, the Native American communities have borne an unfair burden in the last century,… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“Some families evicted from the Flats settled in a segregated development, also created by the federal government, that later opened on the… — Richard Rothstein Copy Share Image
To reaffirm the statement on the choosing of my identity, I come from two beautiful cultures which I have embraced, bridged, balanced,… — Radmilla Cody Copy Share Image
“In case you haven't noticed, as the result of a shamelessly rigged election in Florida, in which thousands of African Americans were… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
African American patriotic heroism is always a curious spectacle. Often white political observers and politicians will praise Black people for their bravery,… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
With respect to Barack Obama, let's face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We… — Artur Davis Copy Share Image
I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
In Sumter and other counties [in South Carolina] the whites are resorting to intimidation and violence to prevent the colored people from… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Just knowing the history of WWE, I know there haven't been a lot of African Americans that have come through and been… — Naomi Copy Share Image
African Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that when it comes to our treatment of Native Americans as well as other persons of color in this… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image