“In Harlem, Negro policemen are feared more than whites, for they have more to prove and fewer ways to prove it” — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
You will fall many times in life, but you will pick yourself up and become stronger and wiser for each trouble you… — Leon Brown Copy Share Image
Life is a daily cleansing. Negativity must be washed away, if you wish to attract positive experiences to your life. — Leon Brown Copy Share Image
Don't let anything stop you. There will be times when you'll be disappointed, but you can't stop. Make yourself the best that… — Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Copy Share Image
Michigan is very racially separated and the city of Detroit itself is 84 percent African-American and the surrounding suburbs are 86 percent White. — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
I love it when some people say they want racial equality, but still lock their car doors when an African American walks… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The average late-night viewer is in their mid-50s and the average viewer of TBS is in their 30s and is largely African-American… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
“During his first year in office, Congress did just that, passing legislation that changed the formulas governing eligibility and payouts for certain… — James Forman Jr Copy Share Image
The whites were really brutishly ignorant, blitheringly, so they killed people sometimes - just came into the African-American community and maimed people… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the main reason that you want more women in the sciences is the same reason you want more gay men in… — Cara Santa Maria Copy Share Image
“Look for all of the possible missteps in the following scenario. My friend Amy arrived at a consultation with her Hispanic business… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
All the struggles that were fought for here in the United States for African Americans, you now enjoy the privileges of. You… — Danai Gurira Copy Share Image
“I write my resolution in black Sharpie marker on top of a background made out of cut-up scriptures, words from newspaper headlines,… — Renée Watson Copy Share Image
There are so many families who do not come up in a traditional household. African Americans, Latins, and, I'm sure, whites as… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
First, of all, it isn't black talk, it's African American talk, and you should'nt be talking like that at all Samantha, it's… — Charlotte York Copy Share Image
Yes, there have been women in comedy. Moms Mabley was one of the earliest. She was an African American comedian; she often… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well. — Chanel Iman Copy Share Image
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics. — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Republicans have called for a National African-American Museum. The plan is being held up by finding a location that isn't in their… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Why, godamit, why did they insist upon confusing the class struggle with the ass struggle, debasing both us and them—all human motives?” — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
“until the last quarter of the twentieth century, racially explicit policies of federal, state, and local governments defined where whites and African… — Richard Rothstein Copy Share Image
Too many young African-American and Latino men ended up in jail for nonviolent offenses. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I don't know how many off the record conversations I've had with African-American leaders who would not be quoted and refused to… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
African American boys oftentimes fall behind in school early, start feeling discouraged, check out, drop out, end up on the streets and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
As an African American actress there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can… — Monique Coleman Copy Share Image
Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
I think there are profound differences between the civil rights struggle for African Americans and the civil rights struggle for gay Americans. — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a race-transcending leader. I want to be deeply understood as a man, as African- American, as a… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't use the term "black" very often. I use the term African-American more than I use "black". — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
As an African-American parent, we have to really, really worry about our children and how our children are perceived in America. — Tracy Martin Copy Share Image
