African american culture Quotes

African American culture is American culture.

— Salim Akil

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy…

— Spike Lee

The treatment of African and African American culture in our education was no different from their treatment in Tarzan movies.

— Ishmael Reed

In American culture at large, but especially in African American culture, it's a sign of weakness to ask for help.

— Jesmyn Ward

Mrs. James, my fifth-grade teacher, introduced us to some of the great literature of African American culture. I won my first blue…

— Michael Eric Dyson

In the long, nonillustrious history of white people pilfering African American culture, have I just perpetrated that? I'm motivated by a love…

— Moby

I love my own culture. I love my African-American culture very deeply, and I know it deserves to be honored. You have…

— Alice Walker

The sum total of what I learned about African American culture in school was Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the…

— Ashley Graham

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

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

“Organizations like the UN do a lot of good, but there are certain basic realities they never seem to grasp ...Maybe the…

— Leymah Gbowee

“There's a liberal story that limited opportunities, and barriers, lead to employment problems and criminal records, but then there's another story that…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates