God blessed me with a lot of heart and no height, and I’ll take that any day, — Nate Robinson Copy Share Image
What you do to-day that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time. — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
I'm never satisfied with what I do. I always think I can do it a lot better. — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't think we're getting the empathy, and identifying with the situations that many African Americans experience. That's the problem with how… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Understand that you own nothing. Everything that surrounds you is temporary. Only the love in your heart will last forever. — Leon Brown Copy Share Image
“It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
All Hillary Clinton's done is talk to the African-Americans and to the Latinos, but they get the vote, and then they come… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The awesome thing about failure is that it is only temporary. Embrace it, learn the lesson and come back blazing. — Joel Brown Copy Share Image
In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
For me, the bold jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reflected the bold attitude in African-Americans finding their political identity and… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
There should be no surprise that forgotten America, no matter their ethnicity, because we see that Mr. Trump was able to get… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
I'll tell you how I'd like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of… — Lee Grant Copy Share Image
“In the American way of life pleasure involves comfort, convenience, and sexual stimulation. Pleasure, so defined, has little to do with the… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“I was just trying to demonstrate to the students of Rowland University that Rowland University was not infinite. It had taken me… — Jon Woodson Copy Share Image
Coming up in the African-American culture, we were taught that we belonged to the universe and society was wrong in the way… — Bernice Johnson Reagon 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
There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans. — Usher Copy Share Image
Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,... — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven't been told. — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
History is the land-mark by which we are directed into the true course of life. — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you. — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
Our African American kids need to know what Black Wall Street was all about. — George Hill Copy Share Image
I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American. — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
